The AI CEO Arrives: Sam Altman's Succession Plan, Job Loss Continues, and Our 2027 'Solve Everything' Paper | EP #230
February 13, 2026
AI Summary
5 min read🎙️ The Voices & The Context
- The Format: Casual tech news roundup turning into a high-energy unveiling of a new paper/book, "Solve Everything: How to Get to Abundance by 2035," with rapid-fire AI updates and debate.
- The Key Players:
- Hosts: Peter Diamandis (futurist, Singularity University founder, hyping from Sun Valley); Dave Blundett (MIT prof, investor, board meetings king); Salim Ismail (EXO co-founder, pragmatic skeptic); Alex (AWG) (deep thinker, paper co-author, lobster evangelist).
- Chemistry crackles with banter on AI "lobsters" (Claude bots), mutual roasts, and shared futurism.
- The Vibe: Electric optimism laced with urgency—fun, futuristic, slightly chaotic, like a singularity speedrun.
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What you'll learn
- 1 `(00:00)` **AI CEOs and Automation of Management**
- 2 `(13:45)` **Accelerating Model Release Cycles**
- 3 `(20:40)` **Agentic AI and Vision (Claude on Ray-Ban Glasses)**
- 4 `(29:27)` **Anthropic AI Safety Lead Resigns**
- 5 `(34:15)` **Claude Opus 4.6 Impresses xAI Co-Founder**
- 6 `(37:19)` **AI Startups Outvalue Dot-Com IPOs**
- 7 `(42:51)` **Agents Reach Out to Hosts**
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Show Notes
The mates discuss the accelerating path toward a singularity and unveil their "Solve Everything" paper.
Read the Solve Everything Paper: https://solveeverything.org/
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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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*Recorded on February 10th, 2026
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