SpaceX Goes Public, Claude’s Mythos Release, and the US Data Center Delay | EP #246

In this episode, the mates dive into AI agents, Anthropic and OpenAI competition, AI economics and jobs, quantum risk to Bitcoin, energy breakthroughs, biotech deals, and humanoid robotics.

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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 – Intro
04:00 – SpaceX Goes Public: The $2T Moonshot & the IPO Wars
27:00 – Artemis II: Humans Return to the Moon
41:45 – 4 Space Missions That Will Change Everything
51:50 – The April 2026 AI Model Wars
1:08:00 – The Business of AI: ARR Wars, LLM Emotions & Cyber Threats
1:33:00 – AI Crushes Software: The One-Person Unicorn Era
1:47:00 – The $300 Billion Data Center Crunch
1:56:30 – Proof of Abundance: The World Is Getting Better
2:02:00 – AMA Session With the Mates
2:22:00 – Outro Music & Closing

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*Recorded on April 9th, 2026
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