
The mates sit down with Emad Mostaque to discuss AI’s impact on the stock market, Google’s growing profitability challenges, and Sam Altman’s surprising admissions about AI models. From market volatility to the escalating AI race, they explore what it all means for the future of the industry.
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Oct 31
2 hr 19 min

The mates sit down with Emad Mostaque to discuss the latest developments in AI, from Anthropic’s rapidly growing revenue and potential $2 trillion IPO valuation to Elon Musk’s prediction that neocloud providers are headed for extinction. They also explore CoreWeave’s 30% stock decline, the rise of Chinese AI models like Kimi, and whether mounting concerns about valuations and infrastructure spending signal that the AI bubble could be nearing its breaking point.
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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. Alexander Wissner-Gross is a computer scientist and founder of Reified
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Oct 28
2 hr 17 min

The mates sit down to discuss SpaceX’s expanding ambitions in artificial intelligence, including Elon Musk’s reported $100 billion AI bet and speculation surrounding a potential SpaceX-Tesla merger. They also explore Anthropic’s Claude Duet, concerns over AI agents engaging in deceptive behavior, Trump’s proposed data center dividend, and a major PHP security flaw affecting much of the web. Plus, a startup’s ambitious attempt to turn mercury into gold and what it could mean for the future of technology and innovation.
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Peter H. Diamandis, MD, is the Founder of XPRIZE, Singularity University, ZeroG, and A360
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Oct 23
2 hr 24 min

The mates sit down with Chamath Palihapitiya to discuss why AGI may already be here, the massive compute shortage limiting AI adoption, Chamath’s 6GW power bet, Anthropic’s $100 billion giveaway, the future of Bitcoin, and how robotics and Elon Musk’s vision for a post-money economy could reshape the global economy.
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Dave Blundin is the founder & GP of Link Ventures
Dr. Alexander Wissner-Gross is a computer scientist and founder of Reified
Chamath Palihapitiya is a venture capitalist, entrepreneur, founder and CEO of Social Capital, and co-host of the All-In Podcast.
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Oct 21
2 hr 2 min

Peter Diamandis sits down with Salim Ismail, Emad Mostaque, and special guest Anousheh Ansari, CEO of XPRIZE, to discuss Tesla’s flying Roadster, the rapidly declining cost of robotic intelligence, and AI’s ability to solve advanced physics problems. The conversation also explores the power of incentives to drive innovation, new XPRIZE competitions tackling global challenges, the complexities of human-AI alignment, and how humanity can find purpose in an age of superintelligence.
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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.
Emad Mostaque is the founder of Intelligent Internet ( https://www.ii.inc )
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Oct 17
1 hr 45 min

The mates sit down to discuss OpenAI solving 722 math problems at once, Anthropic’s new policy on AI cruelty and consciousness, Meta’s launch of Muse Wonder, and the $1.8 billion race to build a virtual cell. They also explore breakthroughs in longevity and brain-computer interfaces, the future of AI-driven scientific discovery, and Elon Musk’s vision for a quadrillion-dollar SpaceX.
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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
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Oct 15
2 hr

The mates sit down with Emad Mostaque to discuss the debate over whether Claude could be conscious, why AI may be approaching its own “1942 moment,” and Sam Altman’s warning that society may have to accept some bad outcomes as AI accelerates. They also explore the possibility of a coming Manhattan Project-style push toward superintelligence and what that could mean for the future of AI.
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Peter H. Diamandis, MD, is the Founder of XPRIZE, Singularity University, ZeroG, and A360
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Dave Blundin is the founder & GP of Link Ventures
Dr. Alexander Wissner-Gross is a computer scientist and founder of Reified
Emad Mostaque is the founder of Intelligent Internet ( https://www.ii.inc )
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Oct 7
2 hr 46 min

The mates sit down with Astro Teller, Captain of Moonshots at X, at MOONSHOTS Live 2026 to discuss how moonshots are built, why ambitious innovation is getting cheaper, and how X turns thousands of ideas into breakthrough technologies.
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Dave Blundin is the founder & GP of Link Ventures
Dr. Alexander Wissner-Gross is a computer scientist and founder of Reified
Astro Teller is the co-founder and Captain of Moonshots at X, Alphabet’s innovation lab, where he leads the development of ambitious technologies aimed at solving some of the world’s biggest problems.
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Oct 5
40 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 self-improvement, and what new AI benchmarks like Tavus’ Turing Test could tell us about what comes next.
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Dave Blundin is the founder & GP of Link Ventures
Dr. Alexander Wissner-Gross is a computer scientist and founder of Reified
Richard Socher is a leading AI researcher and entrepreneur, founder and CEO of You.com and co-founder and CEO of Recursive, who previously served as Chief Scientist at Salesforce after founding MetaMind. you.com
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Oct 3
2 hr 26 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 abundance and universal high income, Anthropic’s reported $2 trillion IPO ambitions, and the White House’s proposed AI accord.
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Dave Blundin is the founder & GP of Link Ventures
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