Financializing Super Intelligence, Amazon's $50B Late Fee | #235

March 5, 2026

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The Format: Casual, high-energy roundtable chat dissecting weekly AI and tech news, blending rapid-fire analysis, debates, and predictions like a live newsroom for the future.
The Key Players:
- Peter Diamandis: Host, futurist, Abundance Institute founder; drives the flow with stories and promos.
- Salim Ismail: Exponential tech expert, OpenExO co-founder; offers bold predictions and metaphors.
- Dave: Investor, PayPal Mafia alum; grounds debates in history and economics.
- Alex (AWG/Aaron Powell): AI insider, sharp skeptic; drops technical insights and counterpoints.
The Vibe: Electric, optimistic chaos—fun, intense futurism with dark humor on job loss, amid awe at AI speed.

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What you'll learn

1 (00:00) **Amazon's $35B Contingent Offer to OpenAI**
2 (01:54) **Anthropic Revises Responsible Scaling Policy**
3 (18:42) **Anthropic Expands Claude's Agentic Capacity**
4 (26:34) **Claude Cowork Plug-in Templates for Enterprise**
5 (36:34) **Alibaba's Qwen 3.5: 35B Params Outpaces 235B Model**
6 (49:05) **Google Imagen 3 Nano on Gemini Flash**
7 (53:54) **Gemini as On-Device Agent on Android**

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Show Notes

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In this WTF episode, the hosts unpack AI's supersonic tsunami - from Amazon's $35B AGI bet on OpenAI, Anthropic ditching safety pauses amid race pressures, and hyper-efficient Chinese models shrinking to iPhones - to meat puppets at Burger King and Pulsia autonomously running 1,000+ companies.

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Peter H. Diamandis, MD, is the Founder of XPRIZE, Singularity University, ZeroG, and A360

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

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