# We’re getting ready for the XPRIZE FINALS!

We’re thrilled to announce that GainForest reached the finals of the prestigious $10M XPRIZE Rainforest competition! We couldn’t be more proud to represent our #ReFi family in this competition and show the world its potential. See this video as a recap of our Semifinal participation showcasing how we make use of remote biodiversity data gathering tech.

[![XPRIZE Video Recap](http://img.youtube.com/vi/0gJPW-Bgh6A/0.jpg)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0gJPW-Bgh6A "XPRIZE Video Recap")

We are currently in the process of laying the groundwork for the upcoming finals, scheduled for next year in Brazil. We are actively expanding our network of experts and citizen scientists, as we gear up to explore and better understand the Amazon Rainforest. During the month of October, we traveled to the Xingu river in the Brazilian Amazon. We taught the Indigenous Kayapo people the use of our data gathering devices and learned a lot on how to optimize the user experience to make the technology more accessible and scalable.

![Amazon Rainforest](https://imgur.com/IgSSo56.png)

## 🌲 We shipped citizen science-led ecopayments

Thanks to your generous Gitcoin donations, we have curated a network of Indigenous scientists who help us during the XPRIZE competition. While local forest stewards assist with the collection of invaluable data from the Amazon forest, Citizen Scientists then look at the data and identify plant species from photos, and animals from sound recordings. This labeled data will directly feed into the development of new AI models that will propel our understanding, and hence the conservation of rainforests around the world, to new levels.

## We’re expanding reach in our GREEN GLOBE

With over 25 partner conservation organizations from the Global South, we’ve created one of ReFi’s most global impact communities—all reflected on our Green Globe. But we’re not stopping there! Our team recently headed to Kenya to conduct workshops on GainForest technology and onboard more community members. Co-developing technology is key to ensure the solutions are equitable and easy to use. So gathering first-hand feedback from the communities in Kenya was an important step in learning and iterating our technology.
See our video for more information:

[![GainForest in Kenya](http://img.youtube.com/vi/J8aeGKSDKeo/0.jpg)](https://youtu.be/J8aeGKSDKeo "GainForest in Kenya")

