The company also stands to benefit from Google's XPrize competition, which promises $ 20 million to the first private company that can land a module on the moon, travel 500 meters across its surface, and beam back high definition video and images. (inc.com)
Billionaire Elon Musk's Space Exploration Technologies Corp. — SpaceX for short — became the first private company to launch a spacecraft into orbit and retrieve it in 2010. (canadianbusiness.com)
A machine - based learning platform called Alice is the first private company to benefit from Melinda Gates» three - year - old initiative to boost women in tech fields. (inc.com)