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Moonshots with Peter Diamandis
30 episodes
200GW Hiding in Grid, Sodium Batteries 10x Cheaper, Wave-Powered Datacenters w/ Ramez Naam | EP #280
Aug 15, 2026 · 2 hr 7 min
The 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. Get access to metatrends 10+ years before anyone else - https://qr.diamandis.com/metatrends Peter H. Diamandis, MD, is the Founder of XPRIZE, Singularity University, ZeroG, and A360 Salim Ismail is the founder of Open ExO, a GP at Exponential Venture…
Bernie Demands the Labs Stop, Wall Street Turns GPUs Into Bonds, Grok 4.7 Takes #1 with Emad Mostaque | EP #279
Aug 13, 2026 · 2 hr 26 min
The 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 superintelligence. Get access to metatrends 10+ years before anyone else - https://qr.diamandis.com/metatrends Peter H. Diamandis, MD, is the Founder of XPRIZE, Singularity University, ZeroG, and A360 Salim Ismail is the founder of Open ExO, a GP at Exponential…
Sergey Brin Retakes Gemini, 4 Labs Lose Containment, Compute Trades at NYSE w/ Kush Bavaria | EP #278
Aug 11, 2026 · 2 hr 31 min
The 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 metatrends 10+ years before anyone else - https://qr.diamandis.com/metatrends Peter H. Diamandis, MD, is the Founder of XPRIZE, Singularity University, ZeroG, and A360 Salim Ismail is the founder of Open ExO, a GP at Exponential Venture Capital/The Orga…
Google’s Jeff Dean Exits, SpaceX Hits $100B in Rev & OpenAI’s Astra Solves Decade-Old Math Problems with Emad Mostaque | EP #277
Aug 8, 2026 · 2 hr 11 min
The 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 access to metatrends 10+ years before anyone else - https://qr.diamandis.com/metatrends Peter H. Diamandis, MD, is the Founder of XPRIZE, Singularity University, ZeroG, and A360 Salim Ismail is the founder of Open ExO, a GP at Exponential Venture Cap…
Michael Kratsios on the New Golden Age of American Science | EP #276
Aug 4, 2026 · 1 hr 13 min
Peter 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 metatrends 10+ years before anyone else - https://qr.diamandis.com/metatrends Peter H. Diamandis, MD, is the Founder of XPRIZE, Singularity University, ZeroG, and A360 Michael Kratsios is the White House Director of Science and Technology Policy and Assi…
Dario vs Jensen on Open Weights, OpenAI & Anthropic in DC, Xi Exports AI to Global South | EP #275
Jul 29, 2026 · 2 hr 4 min
The 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 Peter H. Diamandis, MD, is the Founder of XPRIZE, Singularity University, ZeroG, and A360 Salim Ismail is the founder of Open ExO, a GP at Exponential Venture Capital/The Organizational Singularity Fund and a sought after global speaker and thought lea…
Jared Isaacman: NASA's Moon Base by 2028, Optimus Robots on the Moon, The Truth About UFOs | Ep #274
Jul 27, 2026 · 1 hr 28 min
The 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. Diamandis, MD, is the Founder of XPRIZE, Singularity University, ZeroG, and A360 Salim Ismail is the founder of Open ExO, a GP at Exponential Venture Capital/The Organizational Singularity Fund and a sought after global speaker and thought leader. Dav…
The Hugging Face Breach, Moonshot AI Valued at $20B, and Living to 1,759 Years Old | EP #273
Jul 24, 2026 · 2 hr 34 min
The 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 XPRIZE, Singularity University, ZeroG, and A360 Salim Ismail is the founder of Open ExO, a GP at Exponential Venture Capital/The Organizational Singularity Fund and a sought after global speaker and thought leader. Dave Blundin is the founder &…
Urgent Update- AI Sputnik Moment: Kimi K3 Released w/ Emad Mostaque | Ep. 272
Jul 19, 2026 · 2 hr 9 min
The 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 Founder of XPRIZE, Singularity University, ZeroG, and A360 Salim Ismail is the founder of Open ExO, a GP at Exponential Venture Capital/The Organizational Singularity Fund and a sought after global speaker and thought leader. Dave Blundin is the founde…
Mira Murati's 975B Open Model, Ramin Hasani on Post-Transformer AI, and Demis' AI FINRA | EP #271
Jul 17, 2026 · 1 hr 58 min
The 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 Founder of XPRIZE, Singularity University, ZeroG, and A360 Salim Ismail is the founder of Open ExO, a GP at Exponential Venture Capital/The Organizational Singularity Fund and a sought after global speaker and thought leader. Dave Blundin is the found…
The AI Duopoly Is Over: Grok 4. 5 , GPT-5 . 6 , and Muse Spark in One Week | #270
Jul 13, 2026 · 1 hr 43 min
In 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 XPRIZE, Singularity University, ZeroG, and A360 Salim Ismail is the founder of Open ExO, a GP at Exponential Venture Capital/The Organizational Singularity Fund and a sought after global speaker and thought leader. Dave Blundin is the founder & GP…
Fable 5 Is Back & Govt-Leashed, Altman Offers 5% of OpenAI & AI Grows Conscious | #269
Jul 8, 2026 · 1 hr 46 min
In 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 - https://qr.diamandis.com/metatrends Peter H. Diamandis, MD, is the Founder of XPRIZE, Singularity University, ZeroG, and A360 Salim Ismail is the founder of Open ExO, a GP at Exponential Venture Capital/The Organizational Singularity Fund and a s…
Sonnet 5 Drops, Fable 5 Will Return & Fusion's First Plant Gets Licensed w/ Philip Johnston | #268
Jul 1, 2026 · 1 hr 51 min
In 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 - https://qr.diamandis.com/metatrends Peter H. Diamandis, MD, is the Founder of XPRIZE, Singularity University, ZeroG, and A360 Philip Johnston is the CEO of Starcloud Salim Ismail is the founder of Open ExO, a GP at Exponential Venture Capital/The Organizational Sin…
Why the US Government Is Blocking Model Releases (GPT-5.6) | #267
Jun 29, 2026 · 2 hr 19 min
This 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 anyone else - https://qr.diamandis.com/metatrends Peter H. Diamandis, MD, is the Founder of XPRIZE, Singularity University, ZeroG, and A360 Emad Mostaque is the founder of Intelligent Internet ( https://www.ii.inc ) Read Emad’s Book: https://thelasteconomy.com D…
The $10B Satellite Empire Putting AI in Orbit, Why Chips Beat Rockets & China's #1 Open Model | EP #266
Jun 26, 2026 · 2 hr 27 min
This 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 compute into core AI primitives. Get access to metatrends 10+ years before anyone else - https://qr.diamandis.com/metatrends Peter H. Diamandis, MD, is the Founder of XPRIZE, Singularity University, ZeroG, and A360 Will Marshall is the Co-Founder & CEO at Plan…
SpaceX IPOs at $2.89T Market Cap, US Govt Suspends Fable & Mythos 5, Altman Delays OpenAI’s IPO | EP #265
Jun 18, 2026 · 2 hr 1 min
This 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 access to metatrends 10+ years before anyone else - https://qr.diamandis.com/metatrends Peter H. Diamandis, MD, is the Founder of XPRIZE, Singularity University, ZeroG, and A360 Salim Ismail is the founder of Open ExO, a GP at Exponential Venture Capital/The Organiz…
Brian Armstrong on Bitcoin, Anthropic Drops Fable 5 & Mythos 5, NewLimit's $435M Age-Reversal | EP #264
Jun 11, 2026 · 1 hr 58 min
This 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 anyone else - https://qr.diamandis.com/metatrends Peter H. Diamandis, MD, is the Founder of XPRIZE, Singularity University, ZeroG, and A360 Brian Armstrong is the Co-founder and CEO of Coinbase. Salim Ismail is the founder of Open ExO, a GP at Exponential Vent…
Emerging Situation: Anthropic's Global Pause, Recursive Self-Improvement Arrives, and AI Personhood Arrives | EP #263
Jun 8, 2026 · 1 hr 8 min
In 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, Singularity University, ZeroG, and A360 Salim Ismail is the founder of Open ExO, a GP at Exponential Venture Capital/The Organizational Singularity Fund and a sought after global speaker and thought leader. Dave Blundin is the founder & GP of Link Ventures Dr. A…
Anthropic Files $965B IPO, Trump Signs AI Executive Order, and ChatGPT Crosses 1B Users | EP #262
Jun 6, 2026 · 2 hr 5 min
In 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 of XPRIZE, Singularity University, ZeroG, and A360 Emad Mostaque is the founder of Intelligent Internet ( https://www.ii.inc ) Dave Blundin is the founder & GP of Link Ventures Dr. Alexander Wissner-Gross is a computer scientist and founder of Reified – My com…
Why AGI Is Close but Not Here Yet | Ray Kurzweil | EP #261
Jun 3, 2026 · 1 hr 34 min
In 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 and futurist best known for his pioneering work in optical character recognition and his predictions regarding the technological singularity. Peter H. Diamandis, MD, is the Founder of XPRIZE, Singularity University, ZeroG, and A360 Salim Ismail is the founder o…
Opus 4.8 Beats GPT 5.5, the $220B OpenAI Foundation, and Hassabis’s 2029 AGI Prediction | EP #260
Jun 1, 2026 · 1 hr 44 min
In 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. Diamandis, MD, is the Founder of XPRIZE, Singularity University, ZeroG, and A360 Salim Ismail is the founder of Open ExO, a GP at Exponential Venture Capital/The Organizational Singularity Fund and a sought after global speaker and thought leader. Dave Blundin is t…
Pope Leo vs. AI, GPT 5.5 Beats Claude, and Sam Altman Walks Back Job Apocalypse | EP #259
May 30, 2026 · 1 hr 49 min
This 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: Moonshots.com/survey Get access to metatrends 10+ years before anyone else - https://qr.diamandis.com/metatrends Peter H. Diamandis, MD, is the Founder of XPRIZE, Singularity University, ZeroG, and A360 Salim Ismail is the founder of Open ExO, a GP at Exponential Ventu…
The Organizational Singularity: AI-Proof Your Company | EP #258
May 26, 2026 · 1 hr 3 min
This 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+ years before anyone else - https://qr.diamandis.com/metatrends Peter H. Diamandis, MD, is the Founder of XPRIZE, Singularity University, ZeroG, and A360 Salim Ismail is the founder of Open ExO, a GP at Exponential Venture Capital/The Organizational Singularity F…
SpaceX’ $75B+ Historic IPO, GPT 5.5 Outperforms Polymarket, and AI Solves 80 yr old math problem | EP #257
May 23, 2026 · 1 hr 53 min
In 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 forecasting. Get access to metatrends 10+ years before anyone else - https://qr.diamandis.com/metatrends Peter 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 & G…
Google I/O 2026, Karpathy Joins Anthropic, and Cerebras’ $95B IPO | EP #256
May 21, 2026 · 2 hr 24 min
In 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 momentum, and a long interview with Andrew Feldman of Cerebras after its major IPO. Get access to metatrends 10+ years before anyone else - https://qr.diamandis.com/metatrends Peter H. Diamandis, MD, is the Founder of XPRIZE, Singularity University, ZeroG, and A36…
Anthropic Partners With SpaceX AI, Leopold's $5.5B Bet, and the Singularity Economy | EP #255
May 16, 2026 · 2 hr 12 min
This 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-business “unhobbling,” and a long segment on UAP/UFO disclosure. It also weaves in alignment, privacy, AI personhood, and the idea that the singularity may become visible in space before it does on Earth. Get access to metatrends 10+ years before anyone else - https…
Google's Record Quarter, the White House Intervenes, and GPT 5.5 Silently Matches Mythos | EP 254
May 9, 2026 · 2 hr 9 min
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 and space data centers, OpenAI’s changing cloud strategy and delayed IPO talk, AGI definitions, AI risk/insurance, and the growing role of AI in GDP and infrastructure. Get access to metatrends 10+ years before anyone else - https://qr.diamandis.com/metatrends…
Demis Hassabis on AGI, Robots Scale Production, and Elon’s $1T Mars-Shot Comp | EP #253
May 7, 2026 · 1 hr 35 min
This 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 what the next decade holds for innovation and civilization. Get access to metatrends 10+ years before anyone else - https://qr.diamandis.com/metatrends Peter H. Diamandis, MD, is the Founder of XPRIZE, Singularity University, ZeroG, and A360 Steven Kotler is a New…
Google Invests $40B Into Anthropic, GPT 5.5 Drops, and Google Cloud Dominates | EP #252
May 4, 2026 · 2 hr 20 min
In 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 regulation, and transformative biomedical breakthroughs. Get access to metatrends 10+ years before anyone else - https://qr.diamandis.com/metatrends Peter H. Diamandis, MD, is the Founder of XPRIZE, Singularity University, ZeroG, and A360 Salim Ismail is the f…
David Sinclair: The GLP-1 Side Effect No One Talks About, What AI Found in His Lab, and Reversing Blindness | Q&A EP #251
Apr 28, 2026 · 27 min
This 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 of healthspan. It also covers GLP-1s, telomeres, genetics, muscle preservation, hormone replacement, indoor environment, and the role of mindset in aging well. Get access to metatrends 10+ years before anyone else - https://qr.diamandis.com/metatrends Peter H.…
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