Ben Horowitz: RSI, Crypto as AI Money, & Classified Physics

February 23, 2026

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🎙️ The Voices & The Context

The Format: Lively panel chat dissecting weekly AI and tech news, blending rapid-fire analysis, video clips, and guest insights—like a high-energy news roundup with futurist banter.
The Key Players:
- Guest: Ben Horowitz (a16z co-founder), VC legend sharing insider views on regulations, investments, and AI economics—famous for bold bets on crypto, AI, and startups.
- Hosts: Peter Diamandis (exponential tech visionary), Salim Ismail, Dave Blunden, Dr. Alexander Wisner Gross—electric chemistry, with Alex's jaded "ho-hum" realism clashing against Peter's hype and Ben's geopolitics.
The Vibe: Electrifying optimism laced with urgency—educational deep dives into singularity-level changes, fun jabs at doomers, and wide-eyed awe at AI's speed.

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What you'll learn

1 (00:00) **🎙️ Introduction: Ben Horowitz**
2 (02:52) **AI Disruption & Matt Schumer's Doomer Essay**
3 (08:30) **ByteDance C-Dance 2.0 Video Models**
4 (16:17) **C-Dance 2.0 Voice Recreation from Faces**
5 (18:17) **11 Labs Expressive Voice Demo**
6 (25:40) **XAI Founding Team Departures**
7 (30:42) **Recursive Self-Improvement (RSI) & Singularity**

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Show Notes

Moonshots host Peter Diamandis speaks with Ben Horowitz, cofounder and general partner at a16z, alongside regular cohosts Salim Ismail, Dave Blundin, and Dr. Alexander Wissner-Gross, about whether AI can or should be paused, what happened when Horowitz told a Biden administration official that regulating AI means regulating math, why crypto is the natural money for AI agents, and why the gap between AI capability and societal adoption may be wider than people think. This episode originally aired on Peter Diamandis's Moonshots podcast.

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