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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.
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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 & GP of Link Ventures
Dr. Alexander Wissner-Gross is a computer scientist and founder of Reified
Chapters
00:00 – Introduction: the Singularity and AI Demand
04:20 – Anthropic Hits 80x Growth And Runs Out of Compute Capacity
12:15 – Anthropic Buying Compute: Akamai Deal & SpaceX Partnership
29:50 – Claude Scores Perfect on Misalignment Eval Since Haiku 4.5
40:00 – OpenAI Releases New Audio Models: RealTime-2, Translate & Whisper
52:30 – Hermes Agent Surpasses OpenClaw as #1 in Open Router Token Ranking
56:40 – Claude for Legal Industry & Small Businesses
01:06:45 – Elon’s Terafab Chip Factory Could Cost Up to $119B
01:10:30 – Google & SpaceX in Talks for Suncatcher Orbital Centers
01:19:40 – The Singularity Economy
01:31:40 – US Government Begins First Ever UFO/UAP File Releases
1:48:40 – AMA Session with the Mates
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*Recorded on May 14th, 2026
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