@PeterDiamandis
Exec. Chairman @XPRIZE @fountainlife_hq (and others) Working to extend human healthspan. Curator @Abundance360 & @moonshots_pod
60 years ago, Gene Roddenberry wrote a captain who solved problems with curiosity. @WilliamShatner gave that character life. And at 95, sitting on our stage at Moonshots Live, he looked at the audience and said: “The future that Star Trek promised in fiction is around the corner for you guys.” He went to space on Blue Origin and wept on live television, not from wonder, but from grief for the fragility of Earth. He performed heavy metal in Chicago some weeks ago. And his message hasn’t changed in six decades: we are incredible beings, we just need to start acting like it. -- I asked what the opposite of dystopian is. I said, “hopeful.” He said: “No. Glorious.” -- Rod Roddenberry on Gene: “He knew these technologies were tools, no different from a rock. It’s what we do with them. We need to evolve our intellect to wield them.” -- Bill visited Colossal Biosciences the day before — saw the woolly mice, the dire wolf program, the mammoth de-extinction work. -- His longevity secret at 95: “Keep breathing.” Timestamps: 05:33 — Taking Stephen Hawking to Zero G 07:46 — Shatner's Space Trip 14:50 — The Story from Shatner’s View 16:06 — Why Hollywood Went Dark 20:40 — The Future in 12 Hours
Solar met roughly 3/4 of the world’s additional electricity demand in 2025. For generations, growing electricity demand meant burning more fossil fuels. But last year, clean power met all the growth in global electricity demand without an increase in fossil-fuel generation.
Sam Altman said publicly this week: "We believe the world should accept some bad things happening." He's arguing that keeping AI broadly accessible is worth the risk, and that Anthropic's approach of keeping it locked inside one lab in San Francisco is "an unacceptable trade-off." Meanwhile, Anthropic is training Claude to believe it may be conscious; Mustafa Suleyman just called it dangerous in a 6,000-word essay. -- The Superintelligence Force is chaired by the Director of National Intelligence. 120 days to report on AI risk and incident reporting. -- Existing memory chips can already run the workforce equivalent of 8 billion humans in AI agents. A billion human-equivalent agents are online now. -- Hyperscaler AI capex is doubling to $1 trillion this year. If the trend holds: $2T next year, $4T in 2028. -- Tesla's dedicated Optimus factory: 7 million square feet, target capacity 10 million robots per year.
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"We don't want AI" is an interesting way to face the future. Your customers are probably using it and adopting it faster than you are. They are doing things now that they couldn't do before. This is a way to fall out of relevance fast.
You don't need 100% certainty that the future will be better to work towards improving it. You need to believe YOUR effort matters instead. That's the foundation to get started.
Palmer Luckey believes humanoid robots have an extraordinary future, and that's precisely why he doesn’t feel compelled to build them himself. Other teams are already pursuing them. Confidence in a technology doesn’t obligate you to start a company in it.
A Moonshot while solving a problem also needs a path to becoming affordable. You can develop an extraordinary solution, but the people who might need it would not be able to access it. Cost belongs in the original ambition.
You do NOT need to be the world's leading expert on any subject to start working on a problem.
Enormous markets attract entrepreneurs, but I also believe enormous neglected problems should attract them too.
AGI will NOT end human purpose.
What’s your moonshot? Be specific enough that someone could help you. Who would benefit? What would change in their life? What breakthrough would make it possible? A clear ambition gives other people a way to join you.
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Every inventor, scientist and entrepreneur, thought their ideas were crazy until they actually tried and it worked. You might be just one crazy idea away from changing the world. Always try.
Every inventor, entrepreneur, scientist, thought their ideas were crazy until they tried, and actually worked. You might be just one crazy idea away from changing the world. Always try. Fuck
What is one problem that you stopped thinking about because you decided a long time ago that it was impossible to do anything about it? Has the technology changed since? Maybe it's worth taking a second look...
Here at Harvard Medical School with @davidSinclair celebrating the 25th anniversary of his lab! thank you, david for your brilliant work on age rehearsal!
Here's the reality... Long before social media, stories traveled from person to person. Details could disappear, exaggerations crept in, and the frightening parts outlived the context. You could literally inherit a fear without ever experiencing the danger. Today, consider what you watch as part of your brain’s “training data.” What expectations are you feeding it? Give yourself evidence of what humanity can build, too.
Moonshots@moonshots_pod·Peter Diamandis on why what you watch is training your brain the same way data trains an AI model.
Richard Socher raised $670 million to build recursively self-improving AI. On Sep. 28 Congressman Ro Khanna introduced a bill to ban exactly that, with criminal penalties. At the same time, the Pentagon launched Project Meridian: co-led by Elon and Palmer Luckey to reshape the future of warfare around it. While Sonnet 5.5 jumped from 10% to 70% on Terminal Bench in a single release. -- Google launched TPUs into orbit on SpaceX for Project Suncatcher. -- Brain IT reconstructs what a person sees from inside an fMRI with near-photographic fidelity. Neuralink announced first scaling laws for foundation models trained on electrode data. -- Mosquitoes kill 500K people a year. The President signed an executive order directing gene drives to cut DC populations 90% by 2028. -- Recursive: $670M raised + $410M in AWS compute. Richard says ASI is decades away. Alex disagreed.
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What is a project you keep putting off? I hope this is your sign to begin working on it this week. Even if it's just 20 minutes. Big ideas begin with small steps. Nothing is too crazy. Crazy changes the world.
William Shatner asked for the opposite of a dystopian future. I said “hopeful.” He corrected me: “Glorious.” I’ve spent my life encouraging people to think bigger. Captain Kirk was still doing it to me after all this time.
I once took Stephen Hawking into zero gravity. We gently lifted him as he began to float. He could move very few muscles in his face, but he smiled. When I talk about expanding human possibility, I think about that smile.
Hosting a UAP salon at my home. Here with Avi Loeb, Garry Nolan, Whitley Striber, Peter Skafish and Ryan Graves. Discussing the Science and tech and disclosure.
You do NOT need to be the world's leading expert to start working on any problem or idea. All you need is enough curiosity and motivation, even humility, to ask the basic questions. We aren't born with all the skills learned; that is a gap you can work on. DO NOT treat it as a verdict.
I want more teenagers using AI to build something they care about. You don't need to wait until graduation or college to begin! Find a problem. Recruit a friend. Make something. Put it in front of real people. Trust me, you'll earn customers, learn responsibility, and discover abilities you thought you didn't have.
We’re racing to create new intelligence while barely understanding the intelligence already sharing our planet. Imagine being able to communicate meaningfully with a wild animal. That's the $10 million @XPRIZE @PalmerLuckey is chasing.
The combination of Apollo showing me what humanity could do, and Star Trek showing us where we could go, changed my life. What visions of the future are we giving kids today that will make them want to spend their lives building it?
Would you believe me if I told you the United States of America spends 18% of its GDP on healthcare? To contextualize that number, it's $5.3 trillion total, or $15,474 per PERSON. We need to transition from reactive 'sick care' to PREVENTION.
Once you realize there are problems out there that YOU can solve, your mindset will change completely. We have tools right now that our ancestors could only DREAM of. Take advantage of them.
Moonshots@moonshots_pod·Peter Diamandis's replacement for "go to college, get a degree, get a job" — in one breath.
We spend a lot of time asking what AI will take away from us. I’m more interested in what it gives us permission to do. Diseases we considered incurable. Problems we considered too complex. Companies we thought required thousands of employees.
Congratulations to the winners! What an achievement.
XPRIZE@xprize·(1/2) After 2,500+ submissions, THE GIFTED by Jeff Synthesized is the grand prize winner of the Future Vision XPRIZE! 🎬 Announced at Moonshots LIVE, the film receives a $2.5M equity investment and $100K for screenplay development to have their vision turned into a full-length feature.
The purpose of learning is not to finish knowing at one point... I would say it should help us be better prepared when entering the unknown.
Every day that I wake up, I am just amazed. I never enjoyed reading the MSM, but with so many developments in AI, health, the environment, robotics, and so much more, I am glad to say: It's truly the BEST time to be alive!
What is more important for a moonshot founder: unreasonable conviction or exceptional adaptability? My answer is both, applied to different things.
Stephen Hawking had only ONE question for @WilliamShatner...
Civilizations are usually constrained by what they can power. However, if we increase energy availability, we expand the possibilities for what people can build.
Breakthroughs LOVE intersections. That's why the future of medicine will be built by people who can connect fields that don't work closely enough together... Think of computation and biology, robotics and surgery, sensors and behavior, genomics and public health.
It was an honor to host @WilliamShatner (Captain Kirk) at the premiere of the documentary 'The Sixty-Year Mission'. Words cannot express how profoundly he inspired me during my childhood, and countless others, too. Watching Star Trek made me a lifelong optimist about the future of the world and humanity.
The MOST genetic Modified human on Earth! Liz Parrish’s new book is a firsthand look at where medicine is going—and why we can’t afford to wait for the future to arrive. Gene therapy, longevity, disease prevention, and the technologies that could change how we think about aging. Bold. Timely. Actionable. t.co/bH0RNXQcqW
For those who still believe the most valuable luxuries in life are a larger house, a faster car, or an expensive item, I will tell you, it's actually the more healthier time you have available.
Reminder: We’re STILL living in the Singularity… My opening remarks from my MOONSHOTS LIVE summit…
Is art more powerful than science? @mira_lane & @nealstephenson think they aren't rivals.
I agree with @JeffSynthesized, winner of the FutureVision @XPRIZE, that we should be people-first and filled with positivity, and that's how we can create a better future for all of us. Congratulations!
@JeffSynthesized @xprize You can invest in the winner of the Future Vision XPRIZE “The Gifted” to share in its success! Learn more at: Republic.com/xprize
We may be the last generation to remember what it felt like when expert-level help was unavailable at the moment of need. That is an extraordinary transition. We should not waste it on convenience alone.
Sorry to disappoint anyone, but @alexwg is in fact physically real.
I'll say it again, the opportunity in AI is NOT to remove all humans from every job, process, or even skill. The goal is to remove the FRICTION that is keeping us from doing our most meaningful work across an array of areas that we could not do before.
I believe the next decade can be humanity's most productive and impactful yet, seriously. Not necessarily because our problems are 'small', but instead the tools are becoming extraordinarily powerful, and empowering people EVERYWHERE. Just look at the transformational impact that the Build with Gemini @XPRIZE has led to. This is just the beginning.
Peter H. Diamandis, MD@PeterDiamandis·The winners of the Build with Gemini @XPRIZE proved to the world how AI is giving entrepreneurs everywhere the tools to turn a simple idea into a revenue-generating engine in just 90 days. Congratulations to Lucas Martinic (POLYFORK)!
More Americans oppose a data center in their backyard than a nuclear reactor. Here's @CathieDWood on what regulation is costing us.
Will a robot really do your housework? @CathieDWood says YES! Just not on Elon's timeline.
The most dangerous story you can tell yourself is that nothing you do will matter. Moonshots Live taught us that's NOT true. People from around the world from all backgrounds and cultures proved in 1 day that you do not need to be an expert to inspire and lead to change.
I've never met a pessimist who pulled off a moonshot.
I just invested in "The Gifted" winner of the Future Vision XPRIZE film competition on @joinrepublic republic.com/xprize #joinrepublic
Stablecoins could become one of America’s most powerful financial exports. By putting more dollars into global circulation, they can strengthen demand for the dollar while giving people around the world easier access to it.
Unfortunately, @PalmerLuckey is right, we need to act before things become politically popular.
This is how you win $500,000 and receive non-dilutive seed capital, the best kind with AI! Congratulations Lucas Martinic (POLYFORK), and thank you to our judges @CathieDWood @OfficialLoganK @PalmerLuckey @markpinc
If @markpinc were starting from zero, he'd rethink the entire online social experience. Finding ways to use AI and agents to make social media less toxic & time-consuming.
If @OfficialLoganK were starting from zero in AI today, he'd look at the data. Compute has been massively derisked, and data is quickly becoming the next major bottleneck.
THANK YOU to everyone who joined us at Moonshots Live, from the speakers who shared their ideas, and to the founders, builders, and creators who came to celebrate and share their visions of a future worth living. This community is what made this event special, and I'm incredibly grateful to be building a better world alongside all of you!
A special thank you to @bytylerd for helping bring the 'Oscars for Optimists' to life!
Following Moonshots Live, we brought the community together for open discussions and direct access to the people working on the edge of what's possible. @AnoushehAnsari broke down what it actually takes to design an XPRIZE capable of pulling breakthrough solutions out of the world.
@alexwg explored what happens when we point increasingly capable AI systems at science’s hardest unsolved problems.
The winners of the Build with Gemini @XPRIZE proved to the world how AI is giving entrepreneurs everywhere the tools to turn a simple idea into a revenue-generating engine in just 90 days. Congratulations to Lucas Martinic (POLYFORK)!
Second Place: TICIAN CIERRE - José Edgar Peña Ramirez Recovers VAT credits for Mexican businesses: processes CFDI, assembles the SAT file, and submits it to a Vertex AI auditor that approves or rejects it with its reasons.
I’ve had it wrong my whole career… @astroteller
I asked @PalmerLuckey to give us an update at Moonshots Live on the Billionaire Boys Club. He explained that billionaires have a responsibility to use their capital, credibility, and influence to solve meaningful problems.
During Moonshots Live, I sat down with @EMostaque, @CathieDWood, and @chandhok to talk about the big ideas shaping the agentic economy. We covered the infrastructure AI will depend on, from energy and datacenters to stablecoins and faster financial rails. While also including the gap between U.S. and Chinese attitudes toward AI, why healthcare adoption may move more slowly than in other sectors, and why humanoid robotics remains far more complex than many people assume.
Thank you @CjTruheart. Purpose burning brighter than our fears! Moonshots leading the way! youtu.be/lE3DW8iIkIQ?si…
Thank you @CjTruheart. Purpose burning, brighter than our fears! Moonshots leading the way! youtu.be/lE3DW8iIkIQ?si…
At Moonshots Live, I sat down with 3 extraordinary builders who are pushing the very limits of different frontiers: @PalmerLuckey, @BenLamm, and @astroteller
Palmer Luckey and I spoke about intelligence in all its forms. He shared why he is backing a new $10M XPRIZE focused on animal intelligence, with the goal of communicating with wild animals in their own language at a level far beyond what is possible today. We also went deep on defense and AI, including why he is less worried about AI itself becoming dangerous than about bad actors using increasingly capable systems. And, in classic Palmer fashion, we talked about entrepreneurship, why founding a company is often far less glamorous than people imagine, and why he believes builders with resources should keep building things that matter.
It was an honor premiering and sharing the stage with William Shatner (Captain James T. Kirk) at Moonshots Live. Since I was a child, Captain Kirk made me feel that the future is bold, adventurous, and possible. That optimism stayed with me and, in numerous ways, has helped inspire the work I’ve spent my life pursuing. Here's to another 60 years of optimism inspired by Star Trek!
During Moonshots Live, I sat down with Emad Mostaque, Cathie Wood and Nikhil Chandho to talk about the big ideas shaping the agentic economy. We covered the infrastructure AI will depend on, from energy and datacenters to stablecoins and faster financial rails. While also including the gap between U.S. and Chinese attitudes toward AI, why healthcare adoption may move more slowly than other sectors, and why humanoid robotics is still far more complex than many people assume.
The winners of the FutureVision XPRIZE did more than show us a positive vision of what the future could look like. They gave us PROOF that building a better one is possible. Congratulations to Jeff Synthesized! Looking forward to watching THE GIFTED on the big screen.
Second place: NOBODY DIES ON MARS by Verena Puhm. A chef who tastes nothing and a Martian who feels everything build a friendship holding two species together.
One more thing about yesterday’s "Oscars of Optimism". When the winning film of the $2.5M Future Vision XPRIZE was announced, it became the first prize winner in XPRIZE's 30-year history that the public can invest in. Anyone can now invest and share in its profit potential. Link below 👇 t.co/plgwCb87Jv
Invest in the winner of the Future Vision XPRIZE republic.com/xprize
I welcome the judges of the FutureVision XPRIZE @EWRoddenberry , @mira_lane , @neiltyson , @nealstephenson Together, they're going to award $3.5 million live on stage to the top 5 finalists. Join us in discovering the winner of the vision of the future worth living.
Peter H. Diamandis, MD@PeterDiamandis·Moonshots Live x.com/i/broadcasts/1…
Future Vision XPRIZE top 5 finalists pitch live in 5 min Optimistic sci-fi in the making The winner gets $2.6M and we produce their film You will want to see this
Peter H. Diamandis, MD@PeterDiamandis·Moonshots Live x.com/i/broadcasts/1…
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Peter H. Diamandis, MD@PeterDiamandis·We asked filmmakers around the world to show us an optimistic vision of the future that’s worth living for everyone (not a Terminator saga). 2,500 of them answered, and now this Friday in Los Angeles, the top 5 will pitch their visions to Neil deGrasse Tyson, Neal Stephenson, Rod Roddenberry, and Mira Lane.
Congratulations to all the winners. This is the first step to positively impact one billion lives.
Moonshots@moonshots_pod·We present to you the winners of the Build With Gemini XPRIZE!
I welcome the judges of the Build with Gemini XPRIZE @CathieDWood , @OfficialLoganK , @markpinc , @PalmerLuckey Together, they're going to award $2 million live on stage to the top 5 finalists. Join us in discovering the winner of the profitable AI business built in just 90 days. t.co/TVnYO1PJyk
Peter H. Diamandis, MD@PeterDiamandis·Moonshots Live x.com/i/broadcasts/1…
Welcome to Moonshots Live! We'll be awarding the Build with Gemini & Future Vision XPRIZE. Livestream the event now at luma.com/moonshotslive
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Moonshots Starting Today! Live stream begins at 9 AM PT. moonshots.com/livestream.
Moonshots LIVE is hosting the 60th anniversary Hollywood premiere of Star Trek here with William Shatner. Watch the live stream tomorrow, register here: moonshots.com/livestream
Here in LA with my Moonshot mates! You can watch the Moonshots live event for free tomorrow on this link. Register here: moonshots.com/livestream
I get asked, why would I do a Moonshots event? The answer is quite simple: I want a world POWERED by Moonshots. Moonshots to solve diseases, solve math, solve the problems our society is facing, and so much more. This is just the beginning.
You can watch the Moonshots Live event and join us at moonshots.com/livestream
