The University

Overview

On a NASA research base in Silicon Valley, there's an organization that's changing the world ... Singularity University (SU). Created by renowned futurist Ray Kurzweil and entrepreneur Peter Diamandis, with support from NASA, Google, and others, the university brings in some of the smartest students from around the world, and gives them a crash course in the most powerful exponential technologies on the planet. The students are then given a challenge: create companies that will impact a billion people within ten years. The film follows the students and their companies over five years, as they use the support of scientists, astronauts and billionaires in their attempt to make a dent in the universe.

Cast

Stephen Hawking

Self - Interviewee

Buzz Aldrin

Self - Interviewee

Ray Kurzweil

Self - Interviewee

Michio Kaku

Self - Interviewee

N/A

Martin Rees

Self - Interviewee

Ashton Kutcher

Self - Interviewee

will.i.am

Self - Interviewee

Shimon Peres

Self - Interviewee

N/A

Peter Diamandis

Self - Interviewee

N/A

Dean Kamen

Self - Interviewee

N/A

J. Craig Venter

Self - Interviewee