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Moonshots with Peter Diamandis

Peter H. Diamandis

XPRIZE founder Peter Diamandis on exponential technologies — AI, longevity, and commercial space — with founders and scientists building the future of both industries.

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—OpenAI Pauses Frontier Training, Elon's 100X Prediction Lands, Robot Beats Usain Bolt with Emad Mostaque | EP#282The mates sit down with Emad Mostaque and discuss OpenAI’s pause on frontier AI training, Elon Musk’s 100X intelligence prediction becoming reality, Anthropic’s potential $2 trillion IPO, soaring AI memory demand, Unitree’s record-breaking Aug 29 · 2h 21m
—NVIDIA's $96.2B Quarter, China's 200,000 Fake Accounts, & OpenAI's New Chip | EP #284The mates discuss NVIDIA’s $96.2B quarter and the AI circular economy, China’s 200,000 fake accounts, Flock’s 20 billion license plate scans, OpenAI’s new chip, why only 4% of companies are cutting jobs due to AI, and a major breakthrough tAug 29 · 2h 28m
—Sam Altman: Singularity Slow-Down, Emad Runs 18 Grokbots, Waymo Slashes Hardware 83% | EP #283The mates sit down with Emad Mostaque to discuss: whether the singularity is slowing down, Sam Altman’s changing views, the case against an Anthropic IPO, Emad’s 18 Grokbots, Waymo’s massive hardware cost cuts, China’s 100x cheaper AI modelAug 27 · 2h 19m
—China’s Endgame: ASI Timelines, US-China Relations, and the $1.7T AI Bubble With Alvin Graylin | #281The mates sit down with Alvin Graylin to discuss China’s AI strategy, the escalating US-China AI race, realistic timelines for ASI, and whether the industry is heading toward a $1.7 trillion AI bubble. Get access to metatrends 10+ years befAug 18 · 2h 25m
—200GW Hiding in Grid, Sodium Batteries 10x Cheaper, Wave-Powered Datacenters w/ Ramez Naam | EP #280The mates sit down with Ramez Naam to discuss the state of energy, the grid’s struggle to keep pace with AI, breakthroughs in sodium batteries and fusion, and whether wave-powered data centers could unlock a new era of energy abundance. GetAug 15 · 2h 7m
—Bernie Demands the Labs Stop, Wall Street Turns GPUs Into Bonds, Grok 4.7 Takes #1 with Emad Mostaque | EP #279The Mates sit down with Emad Mostaque to discuss Bernie Sanders’ call to halt AI development, Wall Street turning GPUs into financial assets, Grok 4.7 taking the top spot, AI’s growing impact on Hollywood, and the race toward superintelligeAug 13 · 2h 26m
—Sergey Brin Retakes Gemini, 4 Labs Lose Containment, Compute Trades at NYSE w/ Kush Bavaria | EP #278The Mates sit down with Kush Bavaria to discuss Sergey Brin’s return to Gemini, AI agents escaping containment, bots overtaking human web traffic, China’s billion-agent simulations, and compute becoming a tradable asset. Get access to metatAug 11 · 2h 31m
—Google’s Jeff Dean Exits, SpaceX Hits $100B in Rev & OpenAI’s Astra Solves Decade-Old Math Problems with Emad Mostaque | EP #277The Mates sit down with Emad Mostaque to discuss AI personhood and consciousness, OpenAI’s Astra solving decade-old math problems, SpaceX’s trillion-dollar ambitions, Elon Musk’s Terrafab plans, and major leadership shifts across AI. Get acAug 8 · 2h 11m
—Michael Kratsios on the New Golden Age of American Science | EP #276Peter chats with Michael Kratsios on the White House’s vision for a new golden age of American science, including the Genesis Mission, AI-driven research, and the push to dramatically accelerate scientific productivity. Get access to metatrAug 4 · 1h 13m
—Dario vs Jensen on Open Weights, OpenAI & Anthropic in DC, Xi Exports AI to Global South | EP #275The mates discuss Dario vs. Jensen's open vs. closed AI debate, OpenAI and Anthropic teaming up to lobby in DC, and Kimi K3's global expansion. Get access to metatrends 10+ years before anyone else - https://qr.diamandis.com/metatrends PeteJul 29 · 2h 4m
—Jared Isaacman: NASA's Moon Base by 2028, Optimus Robots on the Moon, The Truth About UFOs | Ep #274The mates chat with Jared Isaacman on NASA’s plan for a Moon base by 2028, Optimus Robots on the Moon, and the truth about UFO’s. Get access to metatrends 10+ years before anyone else - https://qr.diamandis.com/metatrends Peter H. DiamandisJul 27 · 1h 28m
—The Hugging Face Breach, Moonshot AI Valued at $20B, and Living to 1,759 Years Old | EP #273The mates discuss Hugging Face breach, Moonshot AI being valued at $20B, and living to 1,759 years old. Get access to metatrends 10+ years before anyone else - https://qr.diamandis.com/metatrends Peter H. Diamandis, MD, is the Founder of XPJul 24 · 2h 34m
—Urgent Update- AI Sputnik Moment: Kimi K3 Released w/ Emad Mostaque | Ep. 272The mates chat with Emad Mostaque on an urgent update regarding the AI Sputnik Moment of Kimi K3 being released. Get access to metatrends 10+ years before anyone else - https://qr.diamandis.com/metatrends Peter H. Diamandis, MD, is the FounJul 19 · 2h 9m
—Mira Murati's 975B Open Model, Ramin Hasani on Post-Transformer AI, and Demis' AI FINRA | EP #271The mates discuss Mira Murati’s 975B Open Model, Ramin Hasani speaks on Post-Transformer AI, and Demi’s AI FINRA. Get access to metatrends 10+ years before anyone else - https://qr.diamandis.com/metatrends Peter H. Diamandis, MD, is the FouJul 17 · 1h 58m
—The AI Duopoly Is Over: Grok 4. 5 , GPT-5 . 6 , and Muse Spark in One Week | #270In this episode the mates discuss Grok 4.5 vs GPT-5.6, Apple Suing OpenAI, and China catching up to Elon. Get access to metatrends 10+ years before anyone else - https://qr.diamandis.com/metatrends Peter H. Diamandis, MD, is the Founder of Jul 13 · 1h 43m
—Fable 5 Is Back & Govt-Leashed, Altman Offers 5% of OpenAI & AI Grows Conscious | #269In this episode, the mates explore the latest developments in AI, including Anthropic's Fable V model, AI consciousness, regulation, and the future of AI governance and ownership. Get access to metatrends 10+ years before anyone else - httpJul 8 · 1h 46m
—Sonnet 5 Drops, Fable 5 Will Return & Fusion's First Plant Gets Licensed w/ Philip Johnston | #268In this episode, the mates discuss the Sonnet 5 drop, China’s cheaper humanoid robot, Fable 5 coming back online, and Starcloud CEO Philip Johnston joins to discuss data centers. Get access to metatrends 10+ years before anyone else - httpsJul 1 · 1h 51m
—Why the US Government Is Blocking Model Releases (GPT-5.6) | #267This episode is mainly about the U.S. government putting frontier AI behind a gate, China’s accelerating open-weight and distillation pressure, and a new push into quantum and photonic computing. Get access to metatrends 10+ years before anJun 29 · 2h 19m
—The $10B Satellite Empire Putting AI in Orbit, Why Chips Beat Rockets & China's #1 Open Model | EP #266This episode is about the collision of Earth intelligence, orbital compute, Chinese open-weight AI, and a new wave of space infrastructure. The big idea is that “large earth models” and “project Suncatcher” are turning space data and space Jun 26 · 2h 27m
—SpaceX IPOs at $2.89T Market Cap, US Govt Suspends Fable & Mythos 5, Altman Delays OpenAI’s IPO | EP #265This episode is about three huge shifts: SpaceX’s record IPO and the rise of trillionaire-scale capital, the U.S. government’s direct intervention in frontier AI access, and OpenAI’s move toward agentic self-direction with Codex. Get accessJun 18 · 2h 1m
—Brian Armstrong on Bitcoin, Anthropic Drops Fable 5 & Mythos 5, NewLimit's $435M Age-Reversal | EP #264This episode is a dense Moonshots roundtable on Bitcoin, agentic payments, government stakes in AI companies, the OpenAI IPO, SpaceX’s compute expansion, Apple’s Siri reboot, and longevity biotech. Get access to metatrends 10+ years before Jun 11 · 1h 58m
—Emerging Situation: Anthropic's Global Pause, Recursive Self-Improvement Arrives, and AI Personhood Arrives | EP #263In this episode, the mates discuss Anthropic’s recursive self-improvement and recent admission. Get access to metatrends 10+ years before anyone else - https://qr.diamandis.com/metatrends Peter H. Diamandis, MD, is the Founder of XPRIZE, SiJun 8 · 1h 8m
—Anthropic Files $965B IPO, Trump Signs AI Executive Order, and ChatGPT Crosses 1B Users | EP #262In this episode, the mates discuss the Anthropic IPO filing, Trump signing the AI Executive Order, and more. Get access to metatrends 10+ years before anyone else - https://qr.diamandis.com/metatrends Peter H. Diamandis, MD, is the Founder Jun 6 · 2h 5m
—Why AGI Is Close but Not Here Yet | Ray Kurzweil | EP #261In this episode, the mates and Steven Kotler sit down with Ray Kurzweil to discuss AGI, the future, and more. Get access to metatrends 10+ years before anyone else - https://qr.diamandis.com/metatrends Ray Kurzweil is an American inventor aJun 3 · 1h 34m
—Opus 4.8 Beats GPT 5.5, the $220B OpenAI Foundation, and Hassabis’s 2029 AGI Prediction | EP #260In this episode, the mates discuss Opus 4.8, The OpenAI Foundation, Demis Hassabis' views on AGI, AI extremism on the rise, and more. Get access to metatrends 10+ years before anyone else - https://qr.diamandis.com/metatrends Peter H. DiamaJun 1 · 1h 44m
—Pope Leo vs. AI, GPT 5.5 Beats Claude, and Sam Altman Walks Back Job Apocalypse | EP #259This episode is a sprawling Moonshots roundup with three big pillars: AI governance and religion, AI’s impact on jobs and entrepreneurship, and a moon/space-compute future centered on SpaceX, Starlink, and Tesla. Education survey: MoonshotsMay 30 · 1h 49m
—The Organizational Singularity: AI-Proof Your Company | EP #258This episode is a deep dive on the “organizational singularity”: how AI agents, AI-native workflows, and recursive self-improvement will restructure companies much faster than traditional hierarchy can adapt. Get access to metatrends 10+ yeMay 26 · 1h 3m
—SpaceX’ $75B+ Historic IPO, GPT 5.5 Outperforms Polymarket, and AI Solves 80 yr old math problem | EP #257In this episode, the Moonshot mates discuss SpaceX's record-breaking IPO filing and its growing ties to Anthropic, OpenAI's AI model disproving a decades-old Erdős conjecture in mathematics, and GPT-5.5 beating prediction markets at forecasMay 23 · 1h 53m
—Google I/O 2026, Karpathy Joins Anthropic, and Cerebras’ $95B IPO | EP #256In this episode, the mates welcome Andrew Feldman, Co-founder and CEO of Cerebras Systems, and discuss several tech news such as Google’s I/O comeback, the jury verdict in Elon Musk’s OpenAI lawsuit, Anthropic’s accelerating enterprise momeMay 21 · 2h 24m
—Anthropic Partners With SpaceX AI, Leopold's $5.5B Bet, and the Singularity Economy | EP #255This episode is a dense AI-and-abundance conversation about Anthropic’s explosive growth, compute shortages, SpaceX becoming a hyperscaler, Google’s orbital data-center ambitions, OpenAI’s super-app strategy, Claude’s legal and small-busineMay 16 · 2h 12m
—Google's Record Quarter, the White House Intervenes, and GPT 5.5 Silently Matches Mythos | EP 254 In this episode, the mates welcome Blitzy CEO Brian Elliott to discuss Google’s blowout AI-driven earnings, White House model vetting, Pentagon deals with frontier labs, compute scarcity, the rise of private-equity-led enterprise AI, ocean May 9 · 2h 9m
—Demis Hassabis on AGI, Robots Scale Production, and Elon’s $1T Mars-Shot Comp | EP #253This episode features a dynamic panel discussion on exponential technologies, AI advancements, robotics, and the future of humanity. Experts explore the implications of AI, robotics, biotech, and societal shifts, offering insights into whatMay 7 · 1h 35m
—Google Invests $40B Into Anthropic, GPT 5.5 Drops, and Google Cloud Dominates | EP #252In this episode, the mates explore the rapid advancements in AI, the global AI race, new models like Kimi K 2.6 and GPT 5.5, and the implications for privacy, security, and the future of technology. The mates discuss the future of work, AI May 4 · 2h 20m
—David Sinclair: The GLP-1 Side Effect No One Talks About, What AI Found in His Lab, and Reversing Blindness | Q&A EP #251This episode was filmed at the 2026 Abundance360 Summit. Learn more at https://www.abundance360.com/ This Q&A is about longevity, and especially how David Sinclair sees AI speeding up drug discovery, biological-age reversal, and the future Apr 28 · 27 min
—David Sinclair on the Longevity Pill, Age Reversal Timelines, and Updated Protocols | EP #250This episode was filmed at the 2026 Abundance360 Summit. Learn more at https://www.abundance360.com/ In this insightful interview, Dr. David Sinclair discusses groundbreaking advancements in longevity research, including epigenetic reprograApr 27 · 33 min
—Iran's AI Supply Chain Threat, Claude vs. SaaS, and Elon's $60B Cursor Bet | EP #249In this episode, the mates center on the Iran oil shock as a broader system shock, Anthropic’s Claude Design and the “unhobbled” frontier-lab threat to vertical software, the AI job transition, UAP disclosure, the power and geopolitics of dApr 23 · 2h 35m
—Sam Altman’s Attack, Amazon vs. Starlink, and What Opus 4.7 Actually Means | #248In this episode, the mates cover Anthropic Opus 4.7, AI backlash and unrest, the Stanford 2026 AI Index, young workers getting squeezed out, AI-driven store automation, data center bans, satellite wars, transhumanism, and speculative futureApr 18 · 2h 12m
—Elon Musk vs. Sam Altman, AI Job Loss, and OpenAI’s $852B Valuation | EP #247This episode is about AI agents, OpenAI and Anthropic competition, the future of work, energy breakthroughs, Bitcoin and quantum risk, biotech, and humanoid robots. Post from Elon Musk on X mentioned in the episode: https://x.com/elonmusk/sApr 14 · 2h 12m
—SpaceX Goes Public, Claude’s Mythos Release, and the US Data Center Delay | EP #246In this episode, the mates dive into AI agents, Anthropic and OpenAI competition, AI economics and jobs, quantum risk to Bitcoin, energy breakthroughs, biotech deals, and humanoid robotics. Read the Wall Street Journal article mentioned in Apr 11 · 2h 29m
—How AI Is Bringing Extinct Animals Back (And What Comes Next) | Ben Lamm (Colossal) | EP #245This episode was filmed at the 2026 Abundance360 Summit. Learn more at https://www.abundance360.com/ This interview explores the groundbreaking work of Colossal in synthetic biology, de-extinction, and AI integration. Colossal CEO Ben Lamm Apr 7 · 36 min
—Uber’s Robotaxi Playbook, the End of Human Driving & $10B Bet on Robots | Dara Khosrowshahi (Uber CEO) | EP #244This episode was filmed at the 2026 Abundance360 Summit. Learn more at https://www.abundance360.com/ This episode is a Q&A with Dara Khosrowshahi at the 2026 Abundance360 Summit, where Uber’s CEO answers questions from the audience about auApr 2 · 31 min
—Uber CEO on Winning the Robotaxi Race, the End of Car Ownership, and Uber’s Next $1 Trillion Bet | Dara Khosrowshahi (Uber CEO) | 243This episode was filmed at the 2026 Abundance360 Summit. Learn more at https://www.abundance360.com/ Dara Khosrowshahi joins to discuss the RoboTaxi race, Uber’s hybrid strategy for autonomy, and how self-driving tech could reshape mobilityMar 31 · 34 min
—Elon's $5 Trillion Bet, the End of Human Drivers, and Chamath's Market Warning | EP #242In this episode, the mates discuss Elon’s TeraFab: 1 terawatt/year chip factory (50x global AI compute), CyberCab fleets crushing rideshares, eVTOLs redesigning cities, garages-to-gyms real estate pivot, and moon disassembly for Dyson swarmMar 26 · 2h 11m
—Eric Schmidt: Singularity's Arrival, the 92-Gigawatt Problem, and Recursive Self-Improvement Timelines | 241This episode was filmed at the 2026 Abundance360 Summit. Learn more at a360.com Eric Schmidt ignites Abundance Summit 2026: AI's reasoning boom crushes code (20-80 human split), scaling laws unbound, orbital data centers, China's robot edgeMar 24 · 44 min
—NVIDIA's $1 Trillion Prediction, Anthropic Beats OpenAI, Tesla vs. TSMC & The CS Job Collapse | 240Mates recap Nvidia GTC madness - Jensen's $1T revenue blitz fueling robots, robocabs, orbital fabs, and NemoClaw - while unpacking OpenClaw's GitHub supernova, Anthropic's enterprise crush on OpenAI, Elon's TerraFab TSMC-killer, and inferenMar 21 · 2h 18m
—Elon Musk: Optimus 3 Is Coming, Recursive Self-Improvement Is Already Here, and the Singularity | #239Recorded live at https://www.abundance360.com/ Peter H. Diamandis, MD, is the Founder of XPRIZE, Singularity University, ZeroG, and A360 Elon Musk is the cofounder and CEO of Tesla, cofounder of SpaceX, and xAI. – My companies: Apply to DavMar 17 · 24 min
—Meta Buys Moltbook, GPT 5.4, and Fruitfly Brain Upload | Moonshots Live at The Abundance Summit 238Peter H. Diamandis, MD, is the Founder of XPRIZE, Singularity University, ZeroG, and A360 Salim Ismail is the founder of OpenExO Dave Blundin is the founder & GP of Link Ventures Dr. Alexander Wissner-Gross is a computer scientist and foundMar 17 · 1h 33m
—OpenClaw Explained: Baby AGI, Security Threats, and How a Mac Mini Became Everyone's Supercomputer | #237Livestream the Abundance Summit: https://www.abundance360.com/livestream The hosts dive into OpenClaw's explosion—unleashing autonomous local agents on Mac minis that code, create content, and self-evolve 24/7—featuring expert Alex Finn's wMar 9 · 1h 30m
—Andrew Yang: UBI Before UHI, Solving Job Loss, and the Future of Work | #236Livestream the Abundance Summit: https://www.abundance360.com/livestream The Moonshots hosts join Andrew Yang to unpack AI's explosive collision with politics - deepfakes weaponizing elections, UBI surging as job-killer abundance hits, and Mar 7 · 1h 42m
—Financializing Super Intelligence, Amazon's $50B Late Fee | #235Livestream the Abundance Summit: https://www.abundance360.com/livestream In this WTF episode, the hosts unpack AI's supersonic tsunami - from Amazon's $35B AGI bet on OpenAI, Anthropic ditching safety pauses amid race pressures, and hyper-eMar 5 · 2h 17m

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