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▶ 6:53 · $SPCX · Demis Hassabis on AGI, Robots Scale Production, and Elon’s $1T Mars-Shot Comp | EP 253
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Peter H. Diamandis

Demis Hassabis on AGI, Robots Scale Production, and Elon’s $1T Mars-Shot Comp | EP 253

2026-05-07 · 5 company · 8 thematic
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salim ismail

Salim Ismail is a serial entrepreneur and strategist who co-wrote Exponential Organizations (ExO 1.0 and 2.0). He leads the OpenExO community of 50,000 people in 150 countries and has worked with Fortune 500 companies (P&G, Siemens Energy, HP, Black & Decker) on edge innovation. He is launching the Organizational Singularity (ExO 3.0) as a living AI book via a Claude skill.

dave blundin

Dave Blundin (DB2) is Peter Diamandis' longtime friend and MIT roommate, partner at Link Ventures, and described as a guru on exponential investing. He focuses on moonshot-stage companies in AI, robotics, and space.

alex wissner-gross

Computer scientist, physicist, entrepreneur and investor whose work spans artificial intelligence and complex systems. He is the founder and managing partner of Reified.

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“if I'm an investor and he achieves that, I'm laughing all the way to the bank. I'm thrilled to bits, right? Who gets upset about that unless you retrospect you're an idiot.”
—dave blundin
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