SpaceX Goes Public, Claude’s Mythos Release, and the US Data Center Delay | EP #246

April 11, 2026

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🎙️ The Voices & The Context

The Format: This is a casual, fast-paced roundtable discussion between four friends and tech experts, catching up after a two-week break.
The Key Players:
- Peter Diamandis (Host): The optimistic futurist and entrepreneur, fresh from a vacation in Morocco.
- Salim Ismail: The straight-talking strategist, calling in from a ski trip.
- Dave (DB2): The pragmatic venture capitalist, deeply embedded in the MIT startup scene.
- Alex Wiesner-Gross: The "resident genius" and deep-tech analyst, providing the most nuanced and sci-fi-tinged takes.
The Vibe: Intense, Exciting, and Slightly Terrifying. The mood is one of awe at the speed of change, mixed with a palpable anxiety about the risks. It’s like watching a rocket launch from the VIP section.

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What you'll learn

1 (00:00) **🎙️ Introduction: The Moonshot Mates**
2 (04:05) **SpaceX's $2 Trillion IPO and the "IPO Wars"**
3 (10:46) **Tesla & SpaceX Merger Speculation**
4 (26:53) **Artemis 2: Humanity Returns to the Moon**
5 (37:51) **The New Space Missions: Viper, Dragonfly, and Nuclear Propulsion**
6 (45:58) **The Fate of "Old Space" Primes (Boeing, etc.)**
7 (51:52) **The April 2026 Model Wars: Mythos, Spud, and DeepSeek V4**

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Show Notes

In this episode, the mates dive into AI agents, Anthropic and OpenAI competition, AI economics and jobs, quantum risk to Bitcoin, energy breakthroughs, biotech deals, and humanoid robotics.

Read the Wall Street Journal article mentioned in the episode: "These AI Whiz Kids Dropped Out of College and Got Investors to Pay Their Bills"

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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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