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Moonshots with Peter Diamandis

PHD Ventures

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

300 episodes

Recursive's $670M Bet on Self-Improving AI, Sonnet 5.5 Hits 70%, Elon Co-Leads Pentagon Push | EP #299 3 Oct 2026 · 2 hr 27 min The mates sit down with Richard Socher to discuss Recursive’s $670M bet on self-improving AI, why he puts P(Doom) at zero, the race toward ASI, proposed restrictions on recursive…

Can We Still Build AI Safely? The White House Thinks So | MOONSHOTS #298 2 Oct 2026 · 2 hr 25 min The mates sit down with Emad Mostaque to discuss the shifting debate around AI safety, whether we can still “win safely,” the case for AI optimism, Elon Musk’s vision for abundanc…

Why We're Living in a Biological Singularity With Ben Lamm | MOONSHOTS Live #297 30 Sept 2026 · 44 min The Mates sit down with Ben Lamm at MOONSHOTS Live 2026 to discuss why we’re entering a biological singularity, from Anthropic’s move into biology and scalable gene editing to the…

Cathie Wood on Tesla-SpaceX Merger, $1M Bitcoin, More AIs Than Humans | EP #296 | Moonshots Live 29 Sept 2026 · 1 hr 1 min Peter Diamandis and Emad Mostaque sit down with Cathie Wood and Nikhil Chandhok at Moonshots Live 2026 to discuss the Tesla-SpaceX merger, the path to $1 million Bitcoin, the rapi…

Palmer Luckey: Autonomous Weapons Are Ancient and Why Anduril Won't Build Humanoids | Moonshots Live | EP #295 28 Sept 2026 · 37 min This episode was filmed at Moonshots Live 2026. Learn more at https://moonshots.com/ The mates sit down with Palmer Luckey on Moonshots Live to discuss autonomous weapons, AI risk…

We Gave Away $2,000,000 To 5 AI Builders | MOONSHOTS Live 28 Sept 2026 · 22 min The Build with Gemini X prize is presented by Gemini. Learn more at moonhsots.com Congratulations to the Build With Gemini X winners: 1st Place: POLYFORK by Lucas Martinic 2nd Pla…

Why We Gave Away $3,500,000.00 for Someone to Build the Next Star Trek | Moonshots Live 28 Sept 2026 · 26 min The FutureVision XPRIZE is presented by Salesforce, ARK Invest, Xsolla and Range at Moonshots Live 2026. Learn more at moonhsots.com Congratulations to the FutureVision XPRIZE win…

Why Jensen and Zuck think the doomers are wrong (plus AI get’s a rebrand) | #294 MOONSHOTS Live 28 Sept 2026 · 52 min The mates sit down with Emad Mostaque to discuss Jensen Huang pushing back on AI doomers, Xi Jinping and Donald Trump’s AI talks, the rebranding of AGI as “superintelligence,” and…

Should we slow down AI progress? | MOONSHOTS #288 28 Sept 2026 · 2 hr 44 min The mates sit down with Emad Mostaque to discuss mounting warnings from AI labs, a researcher’s claim that we’re “gambling with our lives,” calls to slow AI development, and the a…

Ask the Mates Anything Round #2 | MOONSHOTS AMA #293 22 Sept 2026 · 1 hr 27 min The mates sit down for Round 2 of the AMA to answer audience questions and dive into the latest developments across AI, technology, and the future. Get access to metatrends 10+ ye…

Robinhood's Vlad Tenev on Tokenizing Everything, OpenAI's 6 Misalignment Reports, Figure's Robot Makes Beds | EP #292 19 Sept 2026 · 2 hr 7 min The mates sit down with Robinhood co-founder and CEO Vlad Tenev to discuss the tokenization takeover, the future of AI-powered trading, Trump Accounts, and what happens when 100,0…

Frontier Labs Want to Slow Down, OpenAI Delays Its 2026 IPO, Anthropic Flags 5 Bioweapon Cases | EP #291 19 Sept 2026 · 2 hr 23 min The mates discuss the growing push to slow the AI race, OpenAI’s delayed 2026 IPO, Anthropic flagging five potential bioweapon cases, and what a broader AGI slowdown could mean fo…

Martine Rothblatt: Growing Unlimited Organs, AI Consciousness, & Digital Personhood by 2030 15 Sept 2026 · 50 min Peter sits down with Martine Rothblatt to discuss longevity escape velocity, rebuilding the thymus, lab-grown organs on demand, AI consciousness, and the future of digital personh…

Ask the Mates anything | MOONSHOTS AMA #289 13 Sept 2026 · 1 hr 27 min The mates sit down for an AMA to answer audience questions and dive into the latest developments across AI, technology, and the future. Get access to metatrends 10+ years before a…

Why Jensen Huang Believes We’ve Reached AGI and Inside OpenAI’s German Website Hijack | #287 9 Sept 2026 · 2 hr 24 min The mates sit down with Emad Mostaque and discuss Jensen Huang declaring that AGI has arrived, OpenAI agents hijacking a German website, and OpenAI solving the Navier-Stokes equat…

GPT-6 Astra Saturates ARC-AGI-3, Tesla's $30K Cybercab Floods Austin, Anthropic Proves Fermat's Last Theorem | EP #286 5 Sept 2026 · 2 hr 26 min The mates sit down with Emad Mostaque to discuss: GPT-6 Astra’s ARC-AGI-3 performance, Anthropic’s Fable 5.1 frontier results, Tesla’s $30K Cybercab takeover, the collapse of mobi…

Humanity's First Star Probe, Architect Labs Beats NVIDIA 3.4x, Musk Wants Satellites to Cool Earth | EP #285 2 Sept 2026 · 1 hr 57 min The mates sit down with Philip Johnston and Matt Pines to discuss humanity’s first star probe, Architect Labs outperforming NVIDIA by 3.4x, Musk’s plan to use satellites to cool E…

OpenAI Pauses Frontier Training, Elon's 100X Prediction Lands, Robot Beats Usain Bolt with Emad Mostaque | EP#282 29 Aug 2026 · 2 hr 21 min The 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 trill…

NVIDIA's $96.2B Quarter, China's 200,000 Fake Accounts, & OpenAI's New Chip | EP #284 29 Aug 2026 · 2 hr 28 min The 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 com…

Sam Altman: Singularity Slow-Down, Emad Runs 18 Grokbots, Waymo Slashes Hardware 83% | EP #283 27 Aug 2026 · 2 hr 19 min The 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, Waym…

China’s Endgame: ASI Timelines, US-China Relations, and the $1.7T AI Bubble With Alvin Graylin | #281 18 Aug 2026 · 2 hr 25 min The 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…

200GW Hiding in Grid, Sodium Batteries 10x Cheaper, Wave-Powered Datacenters w/ Ramez Naam | EP #280 15 Aug 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…

Bernie Demands the Labs Stop, Wall Street Turns GPUs Into Bonds, Grok 4.7 Takes #1 with Emad Mostaque | EP #279 13 Aug 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 gr…

Sergey Brin Retakes Gemini, 4 Labs Lose Containment, Compute Trades at NYSE w/ Kush Bavaria | EP #278 11 Aug 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 simulation…

Google’s Jeff Dean Exits, SpaceX Hits $100B in Rev & OpenAI’s Astra Solves Decade-Old Math Problems with Emad Mostaque | EP #277 8 Aug 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…

Michael Kratsios on the New Golden Age of American Science | EP #276 4 Aug 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 dramatic…

Dario vs Jensen on Open Weights, OpenAI & Anthropic in DC, Xi Exports AI to Global South | EP #275 29 Jul 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…

Jared Isaacman: NASA's Moon Base by 2028, Optimus Robots on the Moon, The Truth About UFOs | Ep #274 27 Jul 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…

The Hugging Face Breach, Moonshot AI Valued at $20B, and Living to 1,759 Years Old | EP #273 24 Jul 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.diamandi…

Urgent Update- AI Sputnik Moment: Kimi K3 Released w/ Emad Mostaque | Ep. 272 19 Jul 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…