Peter Diamandis announced that the $2.5 million Future Vision XPRIZE award film revealed yesterday at Moonshots LIVE in Los Angeles is the first project in the foundation's 30-year history to allow public investment and profit-sharing.

The award-winning film is "The Gifted" by Jeffrey Thomas. The prize structure announced by XPRIZE includes $2.5 million as equity investment for feature film production, plus $100,000 in cash for script development; production is supported by Range Media Partners and Google's 100 ZEROS initiative. Four runners-up each received $100,000 in cash. The competition received over 2,500 trailers and outlines, with the top five screened live.

The public offering is available on Republic Film, with a minimum investment of $100, a target of $75,000, and a cap of $1 million, with a window of approximately 95 days. The security type is revenue-sharing equity, meaning investors do not become shareholders and have no voting or management rights. The competition rules state that the $2.5 million is written as production equity, and the offering document states it will be recouped at 120% on a pro-rata basis with public offering securities, and then participate in net profit sharing.

The offering document also states: at the time of the award, there is no complete script, no budget set, no actors contracted, and no schedule; the issuer, Optimistic Productions LLC, serves as the production vehicle, with the awardee expected to hold about 90% of membership rights and act as manager. The story outline involves an 11-year-old boy who uses text messages, voice, and a diary to rebuild his deceased mother, with a waking AI that does not give orders but only asks questions, beginning to guide strangers in the county to save lives.

The judges include Neil deGrasse Tyson, Neal Stephenson, Google's Mira Lane, Rod Roddenberry, and Salesforce's John Zissimos. Supporters listed in the prize pool include Ben Horowitz, Balaji Srinivasan, and Cathie Wood. Diamandis referred to the event as the Oscars for optimists, juxtaposed with the 60th anniversary narrative of "Star Trek."

In market mechanics, buyers are fans and qualified/non-qualified investors willing to buy "optimistic future IP" with small checks, while sellers are the foundation and intermediary platform rewriting the competition prize into production equity; funds flow from prize donors to the single film company, then attempt to use the public offering to reach the $1 million cap. The beneficiaries are the award-winning team that has secured $2.5 million in production equity and distribution channels, while the burden falls on the structure that sells the risk of an unfinished script directly to retail investors—the recovery order is written in the documents, and box office has not yet begun.

The competition started in March, ended on August 15, and was announced on September 25, with the investment window and announcement opening almost on the same day, directly linking the awards ceremony to the Reg CF-style subscription page.

Source: Public Information