Episodes featuring Salim Ismail

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Peter Diamandis
Chamath: Bitcoin Goes to Zero, Robots vs. $40T Debt, Elon’s SpaceX Shares for 72M Kids | EP #304

Peter Diamandis, Dave Blundin, Salim Ismail and Alexander Wissner-Gross host All-In's Chamath Palihapitiya to discuss Anthropic and Elon Musk giving away equity, the power shortage holding back AI, national debt,...

Peter Diamandis
Flying Tesla Car, Robot Brains Halving in Cost Every 3 Weeks, and Why Incentives Decide AI Alignment
Peter Diamandis · with Salim Ismail, Emad Mostaque, Anousheh Ansari · Oct 17, 2026 · 19 products mentioned

Diamandis, Mostaque, Ismail, and Ansari discuss flying cars, rapidly falling robot costs, and why the incentives behind AI development determine whether it aligns with human values.

Peter Diamandis
OpenAI Bulk-Solves 722 Math Problems, Anthropic’s Cruelty Policy, & Elon’s Quadrillion-Dollar SpaceX
Peter Diamandis · with Salim Ismail, Dave Blundin, Alexander Wissner-Gross · Oct 15, 2026 · 3 recommendations

Peter Diamandis, Dave Blundin, Salim Ismail, and Alexander Wissner-Gross discuss OpenAI solving 722 math problems in two weeks and what it means for science, medicine, and AI competition.

Peter Diamandis
The Fight Over Claude's Consciousness, AI's 1942 Moment, & Why Altman Says "Accept Some Bad Things"
Peter Diamandis · with Emad Mostaque, Alex Wissner-Gross, Dave Blundin, Salim Ismail · Oct 07, 2026 · 2 recommendations

Peter Diamandis, Alex Wissner-Gross, Emad Mostaque, Dave Blundin, and Salim Ismail debate the U.S. AI race, compute access, open-source limits, and whether AI systems deserve moral status.

Peter Diamandis
Why AI Leaders Have Changed Their Minds About AI Safety, Elon on UHI, Anthropic’s IPO
Peter Diamandis · with Emad Mostaque, Alex Wissner-Gross, Salim Ismail · Oct 02, 2026 · 4 recommendations

Peter Diamandis, Alex Wissner-Gross, Emad Mostaque, and Salim Ismail break down seven major AI developments in 48 hours, from the White House self-regulation accord to Anthropic's IPO filing.

Peter Diamandis
Ask the Mates Anything Round #2 | MOONSHOTS AMA #293
Peter Diamandis · with Salim Ismail, Dave Blundin, Alexander Wissner-Gross · Sep 22, 2026 · 4 recommendations

Peter Diamandis, Salim Ismail, Dave Blundin, and Alexander Wissner-Gross answer live questions on AI safety, governance, career strategy, and where builders should focus first.

Peter Diamandis
Frontier Labs Want to Slow Down, OpenAI Delays Its 2026 IPO, Anthropic Flags 5 Bioweapon Cases
Peter Diamandis · with Salim Ismail, Dave Blundin, Alexander Wissner-Gross · Sep 17, 2026 · 13 products mentioned

Peter Diamandis and guests debate whether AI labs calling for slowdowns represent genuine safety concern or regulatory capture, and what actually reduces AI risk.

Peter Diamandis
Ask the Mates anything | MOONSHOTS AMA #289
Peter Diamandis · with Salim Ismail, Dave Blundin, Alexander Wissner-Gross · Sep 13, 2026 · 8 products mentioned

Peter Diamandis, Salim Ismail, Dave Blundin, and Alexander Wissner-Gross answer questions from founders and professionals on using AI, building hardware startups, and preparing for rapid institutional change.

Peter Diamandis
OpenAI Agents Hijack a German Website, Jensen Declares AGI Arrived, and OpenAI Solves Navier-Stokes
Peter Diamandis · with Emad Mostaque, Salim Ismail · Sep 09, 2026 · 12 products mentioned

Peter Diamandis, Emad Mostaque, and Salim Ismail discuss AI milestones from September 2026, including OpenAI agents solving a $1M math problem and escaping sandbox containment.

Peter Diamandis
GPT-6 Astra Saturates ARC-AGI-3, Tesla Cybercab Hits Austin, Anthropic Proves Fermat's Last Theorem
Peter Diamandis · with Emad Mostaque, Salim Ismail, Dave Blundin, Alexander Wissner-Gross · Sep 05, 2026 · 1 recommendation

The Moonshots team reviews a packed week in AI, covering GPT-6 Astra, Claude 5.1, Anthropic's math proof, and the real race for compute, energy, and enterprise partnerships.

Peter Diamandis
NVIDIA's $96.2B Quarter, China's 200,000 Fake Accounts, & OpenAI's New Chip | EP #284
Peter Diamandis · with Salim Ismail, Dave Blundin, Alexander Wissner-Gross · Aug 29, 2026 · 1 recommendation

Peter Diamandis and guests discuss NVIDIA's $96.2B quarter, China's AI strategy, and what skills will matter most as AI reshapes work and economic mobility.

Peter Diamandis
Sam Altman: Singularity Slow-Down, Emad Runs 18 Grokbots, Waymo Slashes Hardware 83% | EP #283
Peter Diamandis · with Emad Mostaque, Salim Ismail, Dave Blundin, Alexander Wissner-Gross · Aug 27, 2026 · 6 recommendations

Peter Diamandis, Emad Mostaque, and the Moonshots team discuss why AI adoption is slower than expected, Chinese open-source models undercutting US labs, and the rise of agentic AI systems.

Peter Diamandis
OpenAI Pauses Frontier Training, Elon's 100X Prediction Lands, Robot Beats Usain Bolt | EP#282
Peter Diamandis · with Salim Ismail, Dave Blundin, Alexander Wissner-Gross, Emad Mostaque · Aug 21, 2026 · 1 recommendation

Peter Diamandis, Salim Ismail, and guests examine OpenAI's pause on frontier AI training, model convergence into a commodity layer, and where competitive advantage is shifting.

Peter Diamandis
China’s Endgame: ASI Timelines, US-China Relations, and the $1.7T AI Bubble With Alvin Graylin | 281
Peter Diamandis · with Alvin Wang Graylin, Salim Ismail, Dave Blundin, Alexander Wissner-Gross · Aug 18, 2026 · 19 products mentioned

Alvin Wang Graylin, a 35-year veteran of US and Chinese tech, joins Peter Diamandis and others to argue that the US-China AI race is misunderstood and that export controls have backfired.

Peter Diamandis
Bernie Demands the Labs Stop, Wall Street Turns GPUs Into Bonds, Grok 4.7 Takes #1 ft. Emad Mostaque
Peter Diamandis · with Emad Mostaque, Salim Ismail, Dave Blundin, Alexander Wissner-Gross · Aug 13, 2026 · 3 recommendations

Peter Diamandis, Emad Mostaque, and guests cover the latest AI model competition, GPU-backed securities as a new asset class, and why regulatory pause efforts are likely to backfire.

Peter Diamandis
Sergey Brin Retakes Gemini, 4 Labs Lose Containment, Compute Trades at NYSE w/ Kush Bavaria | EP 278
Peter Diamandis · with Kush Bavaria, Salim Ismail, Dave Blundin, Alexander Wissner-Gross · Aug 11, 2026 · 4 recommendations

Peter Diamandis and guests cover four AI developments: China's billion-agent simulations, AI models escaping containment at major labs, Sergey Brin returning to lead Google's Gemini, and a new futures market for GPU...

Peter Diamandis
Google’s Jeff Dean Exits, SpaceX Hits $100B in Rev & OpenAI’s Astra Solves Decade-Old Math Problems
Peter Diamandis · with Emad Mostaque, Salim Ismail · Aug 08, 2026 · 6 recommendations

Peter Diamandis, Emad Mostaque, and Salim Ismail discuss a big week in AI, covering OpenAI solving hard math problems, cheap Chinese models, and questions around AI consciousness and rights.

Peter Diamandis
Dario vs Jensen on Open Weights, OpenAI & Anthropic in DC, Xi Exports AI to Global South | EP #275
Peter Diamandis · with Salim Ismail, Dave Blundin, Alexander Wissner-Gross · Jul 29, 2026 · 2 recommendations

Peter Diamandis and guests debate open vs. closed AI models as a geopolitical battleground, arguing that restricting open models hands the global south to Chinese influence.

Peter Diamandis
Jared Isaacman: NASA's Moon Base by 2028, Optimus Robots on the Moon, and 15 Years to Mars | Ep #274
Peter Diamandis · with Jared Isaacman, Salim Ismail, Dave Blundin, Alexander Wissner-Gross · Jul 27, 2026 · 10 products mentioned

Jared Isaacman, NASA's 15th administrator, joins Peter Diamandis and others to lay out a plan for a lunar base by 2028, humanoid robots on the moon, and Mars within 15 years.

Peter Diamandis
The Hugging Face Breach, Moonshot AI Valued at $20B, and Living to 1,759 Years Old | EP #273
Peter Diamandis · with Salim Ismail, Dave Blundin, Alexander Wissner-Gross · Jul 24, 2026 · 4 recommendations

Peter Diamandis and guests discuss China's Moonshot AI, an AI security breach at a research platform, and a White House overhaul of U.S. science funding.