XPRIZE Wildfire Awards $4.55M to Innovators Advancing Wildfire Detection and Response

Global Competition Recognizes Breakthrough Progress in Technologies Designed to Detect and Address Wildfires at Their Earliest, Most Controllable Stage NEW YORK , Sept. 24, 2026 / PRNewswire / -- XPRIZE , the world's leader in designing and operating large-scale incentive competitions to solve humanity's grand challenges, today announced awardees across both tracks of XPRIZE Wildfire , an $11 million global competition launched in 2023 to accelerate innovation in firefighting technologies. The a