Just watched this latest Moonshots episode with Peter Diamandis and his crew (Dave, Salim, and Alex) breaking down the wild state of AI right now. It’s a goldmine if you’re into where tech is headed in 2026.
They dive deep into the Elon Musk vs. Sam Altman drama — Musk’s lawsuit against OpenAI is heating up, with claims of fraud and broken promises on the nonprofit roots. OpenAI’s sitting at a crazy $
852 billion valuation, but there’s chatter about fading demand and secondary market prices dipping. Meanwhile, Anthropic is going all-in on AI agents that could handle real multi-step work, potentially exploding their revenue.
On the xAI side, there’s talk of some internal shakeups (engineers leaving, SpaceX folks stepping in) as they ramp up massive training runs with Colossus 2. The panel also covers the bigger picture: AI potentially replacing a ton of white-collar jobs soon, but with massive productivity gains and new opportunities in the long run. They touch on energy breakthroughs, biotech bets on curing diseases, the US-China race in humanoid robots, and even quantum computing risks to Bitcoin (though most think upgrades will handle it).
Overall, the vibe is super optimistic — “proof of abundance” with clean energy milestones, better health tech, vertical farming, AI tutors, and more. The world is getting better faster than we realize, even amid all the disruption.
If you’re following AI, startups, or exponential tech, this one’s worth the listen.