Podcast · 268 episodes
Moonshots with Peter Diamandis, page 2
by PHD Ventures · English
Tracking the future of technology and how it impacts humanity. Named by Fortune as one of the “World’s 50 Greatest Leaders,” Peter H. Diamandis, MD, is a founder, investor, advisor, and best-selling author. Join Peter on his mission to uplift humanity through technology. Follow Peter on X - https://x.com/PeterDiamandis
All episodes, page 2
Dario vs Jensen on Open Weights, OpenAI & Anthropic in DC, Xi Exports AI to Global South | EP #275Open vs closed frontier AI models, safety/security arguments, and U.S.29 Jul 2026 · 2 h 4 min · 51 chapters
Jared Isaacman: NASA's Moon Base by 2028, Optimus Robots on the Moon, The Truth About UFOs | Ep #274Jared Isaacman (NASA Administrator) discusses NASA’s near-term plan to return to the Moon by 2028, build a permanent lunar base, use nuclear power in space, accelerate an “orbital economy,” and…27 Jul 2026 · 1 h 28 min · 34 chapters
The Hugging Face Breach, Moonshot AI Valued at $20B, and Living to 1,759 Years Old | EP #273The episode covers (1) the Hugging Face breach and an OpenAI sandbox escape, (2) the U.S.24 Jul 2026 · 2 h 34 min · 54 chapters
Urgent Update- AI Sputnik Moment: Kimi K3 Released w/ Emad Mostaque | Ep. 272The episode is an “emergency pod” reacting to Moonshot AI’s release of Kimi K3, framed as an “AI Sputnik moment.” Guests argue it signals that frontier AI progress is becoming fast, open-weight, and…19 Jul 2026 · 2 h 9 min · 47 chapters
Mira Murati's 975B Open Model, Ramin Hasani on Post-Transformer AI, and Demis' AI FINRA | EP #271Episode #271 covers (1) calls for AI regulation, including a FINRA-like “frontier AI standards body,” (2) a reported U.S.17 Jul 2026 · 1 h 58 min · 39 chapters
The AI Duopoly Is Over: Grok 4. 5 , GPT-5 . 6 , and Muse Spark in One Week | #270A “convergence” week in AI and frontier tech: rapid model releases (Grok 4.5, GPT-5.6, Muse Spark) plus a shift from a duopoly to multiple “frontier” American labs; alongside major industry/legal and…13 Jul 2026 · 1 h 43 min · 39 chapters
Fable 5 Is Back & Govt-Leashed, Altman Offers 5% of OpenAI & AI Grows Conscious | #269Anthropic’s Fable 5 returning globally with U.S. government “standing duty” safeguards; OpenAI governance proposals (Sam Altman’s 5% OpenAI equity offer and global regulation forum); Anthropic’s…8 Jul 2026 · 1 h 46 min · 42 chapters
Sonnet 5 Drops, Fable 5 Will Return & Fusion's First Plant Gets Licensed w/ Philip Johnston | #268This episode of Moonshots (#268) argues that multiple “hard” technologies are crossing from promise into deployment: robotics, drones, and fusion—while AI models (Anthropic’s Fable 5) are temporarily…1 Jul 2026 · 1 h 51 min · 40 chapters
Why the US Government Is Blocking Model Releases (GPT-5.6) | #267The episode argues the U.S. government has entered “the release loop” for frontier AI, gating model access customer-by-customer and throttling releases (GPT-5.6 and Anthropic’s Mythos/Fable).29 Jun 2026 · 2 h 19 min · 53 chapters
The $10B Satellite Empire Putting AI in Orbit, Why Chips Beat Rockets & China's #1 Open Model | EP #266Planet’s CEO Will Marshall explains “large Earth models” (LLM-like models trained on Planet’s historical Earth imagery) and Planet’s push toward “orbital AI” via on-satellite NVIDIA GPU processing…26 Jun 2026 · 2 h 27 min · 56 chapters
SpaceX IPOs at $2.89T Market Cap, US Govt Suspends Fable & Mythos 5, Altman Delays OpenAI’s IPO | EP #265The episode covers (1) SpaceX’s record-setting IPO and what it signals for “hard tech” and civilization-scale infrastructure, (2) the U.S.18 Jun 2026 · 2 h 1 min · 42 chapters
Brian Armstrong on Bitcoin, Anthropic Drops Fable 5 & Mythos 5, NewLimit's $435M Age-Reversal | EP #264Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong discusses Bitcoin’s outlook and its role in an AI-driven “agentic economy,” including quantum risk and crypto wallets for autonomous agents.11 Jun 2026 · 1 h 58 min · 34 chapters
Emerging Situation: Anthropic's Global Pause, Recursive Self-Improvement Arrives, and AI Personhood Arrives | EP #263Anthropic’s “When AI Builds Itself” claims Claude is writing most of Anthropic’s code and that frontier AI is accelerating via recursive self-improvement; the episode also discusses calls for a…8 Jun 2026 · 1 h 8 min · 28 chapters
Anthropic Files $965B IPO, Trump Signs AI Executive Order, and ChatGPT Crosses 1B Users | EP #262The episode covers major AI and tech developments: Anthropic’s confidential SEC IPO filing (with speculation about a trillion-dollar valuation), Trump’s AI executive order emphasizing competition and…6 Jun 2026 · 2 h 5 min · 42 chapters
Why AGI Is Close but Not Here Yet | Ray Kurzweil | EP #261Ray Kurzweil discusses why AGI is “close but not here yet,” arguing it requires two missing capabilities: (1) understanding physics/causal interactions beyond language inference, and (2) affordable,…3 Jun 2026 · 1 h 34 min · 36 chapters
Opus 4.8 Beats GPT 5.5, the $220B OpenAI Foundation, and Hassabis’s 2029 AGI Prediction | EP #260Tech and AI acceleration roundup: Anthropic’s Opus 4.8 coding jump; Demis Hassabis tightening AGI expectations to 2029; Amazon launching an AI voice shopping assistant that boosts conversions;…1 Jun 2026 · 1 h 44 min · 35 chapters
Pope Leo vs. AI, GPT 5.5 Beats Claude, and Sam Altman Walks Back Job Apocalypse | EP #259The episode debates AI’s societal and moral implications (Pope Leo XIV’s new AI encyclical), the politics of AI regulation in the U.S.30 May 2026 · 1 h 49 min · 45 chapters
The Organizational Singularity: AI-Proof Your Company | EP #258“Organizational singularity” argues that agentic AI breaks the 1937 Coase-based logic for large firms (internal coordination/transaction costs).26 May 2026 · 1 h 3 min · 29 chapters
SpaceX’ $75B+ Historic IPO, GPT 5.5 Outperforms Polymarket, and AI Solves 80 yr old math problem | EP #257SpaceX’s $75B+ IPO and its “Dyson Swarm/Microsoft-like” strategy; OpenAI’s FutureSim forecasting results; OpenAI’s alleged AI-disproved Erdos math conjecture; Starship V3 orbital refueling/docking;…23 May 2026 · 1 h 53 min · 39 chapters
Google I/O 2026, Karpathy Joins Anthropic, and Cerebras’ $95B IPO | EP #256Annual recap of Google I/O 2026 plus major AI industry moves: Andre Karpathy joining Anthropic, and Cerebras’ record IPO.21 May 2026 · 2 h 24 min · 67 chapters
Anthropic Partners With SpaceX AI, Leopold's $5.5B Bet, and the Singularity Economy | EP #255Anthropic’s rapid growth and compute expansion; SpaceX/Elon’s Colossus One deal; AI alignment improvements; and broader AI product trends (voice, “super app” UI consolidation), plus a brief UFO/UAP…16 May 2026 · 2 h 12 min · 55 chapters
Google's Record Quarter, the White House Intervenes, and GPT 5.5 Silently Matches Mythos | EP 254The AI race and its geopolitics—Google’s earnings surge driven by AI, a proposed White House model-vetting process, Pentagon deals with frontier AI firms, and OpenAI’s shifting compute partnerships…9 May 2026 · 2 h 9 min · 51 chapters
Demis Hassabis on AGI, Robots Scale Production, and Elon’s $1T Mars-Shot Comp | EP #253Debate and forecasts on AGI, humanoid robotics scaling, Elon Musk/OpenAI litigation, and AI’s social/economic impacts, plus a cancer-screening segment and a China employment-law story about AI…7 May 2026 · 1 h 35 min · 35 chapters
Google Invests $40B Into Anthropic, GPT 5.5 Drops, and Google Cloud Dominates | EP #252AI model race and agentic boom: rapid releases (Kimi K2.6, GPT 5.5, DeepSeek V4), orchestration/abstraction layers, and the real bottleneck being compute/energy and chip supply.30 Apr 2026 · 2 h 20 min · 63 chapters