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Anthropic Files $965B IPO, Trump Signs AI Executive Order, and ChatGPT Crosses 1B Users | EP #262

2026-06-06 · 13 company · 14 thematic

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

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.

immad wak

Building sovereign AI infrastructure; previously worked on open source AI (OpenFold/AlphaFold); based in UK; focuses on AI for government and longevity applications.

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“Where Microsoft is right now is they're at the level of a Chinese lab. a good Chinese lab and I don't think they're going to go that much further because you get to a certain point now with AGI where it's a generalist model... Microsoft ha…”

—immad wak

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