Moonshots with Peter Diamandis

EP #247 Elon Musk vs. Sam Altman, AI Job Loss, and OpenAI’s $852B Valuation

Written by Peter H. Diamandis | Apr 14, 2026 7:00:00 AM

This episode is about AI agents, OpenAI and Anthropic competition, the future of work, energy breakthroughs, Bitcoin and quantum risk, biotech, and humanoid robots.

Post from Elon Musk on X mentioned in the episode: https://x.com/elonmusk/status/2042090236206063966?s=46

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