Without any fanfare or publicity, San Antonio’s MX Challenge closed in July without awarding its $500,000 prize. Jesus Salas, the program manager, posted a message to the site: “Hey innovator, Thanks for the interest that you showed for the MxChallenge. After evaluating the low demand on the competing participants we decided to shut down the […]
San Antonio MX Challenge Seeks to Solve Problems and Realize Dreams
By LAURA LOREK Founder of Silicon Hills News The XPRIZE Foundation organized a four-day adventure trip to visit tech companies in California last February. XPRIZE Founder Dr. Peter Diamandis wanted to showcase space and ocean innovation to a select group of entrepreneurs. Part of the event involved a Zero G flight in which the passengers […]
San Antonio MX Prize Officially Launches
The San Antonio MX Challenge has officially kicked off. Silicon Hills News broke the story about the first local X-Prize challenge late last year when some members of the HeroX organization briefed the technology community about the contest at Geekdom. Now the contest has officially launched at Geekdom, a collaborative co-working space in downtown San […]