Palmer Luckey: Autonomous Weapons Are Ancient and Why Anduril Won't Build Humanoids | Moonshots Live | EP #295

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   5 Oct 2026 · 40 min

   Google X's Astro Teller: The $1B Bet No CEO Will Back, Moonshots 3x Cheaper in 16 Yrs, and Clean Water at 1¢/L| EP #300

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   3 Oct 2026 · 2 hr 27 min

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   2 Oct 2026 · 2 hr 25 min

   Can We Still Build AI Safely? The White House Thinks So | MOONSHOTS #298

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   30 Sep 2026 · 44 min

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   29 Sep 2026 · 1 hr 1 min

   Cathie Wood on Tesla-SpaceX Merger, $1M Bitcoin, More AIs Than Humans | EP #296 | Moonshots Live

   Peter Diamandis and Emad Mostaque sit down with Cathie Wood and Nikhil Chandhok at Moonshots Live 2026 to discuss the Tesla-SpaceX merger, the path to $1 million Bitcoin, the rapid rise of AI, stablecoins, and the broader bull case for America. This episode was filmed at Moonshots Live 2026. Learn more at https://moonshots.com/ Get access to metatrends 10+ years before anyone else - https://qr.diamandis.com/metatrends Peter H. Diamandis, MD, is the Founder of XPRIZE, Singularity University, ZeroG, and A360 Emad Mostaque is the founder of Intelligent Internet ( https://www.ii.inc ) Cathie…

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   28 Sep 2026 · 22 min

   We Gave Away $2,000,000 To 5 AI Builders | MOONSHOTS Live

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   28 Sep 2026 · 26 min

   Why We Gave Away $3,500,000.00 for Someone to Build the Next Star Trek | Moonshots Live

   The FutureVision XPRIZE is presented by Salesforce, ARK Invest, Xsolla and Range at Moonshots Live 2026. Learn more at moonhsots.com Congratulations to the FutureVision XPRIZE winners: 1st Place: THE GIFTED by Jeff Synthesized — https://youtu.be/yivXyWCaEc8 2nd Place: NOBODY DIES ON MARS by Verena Puhm — https://youtu.be/spQleIK5dLI 3rd Place: THORNE PROTOCOL by J. Ryan Williams — https://youtu.be/cvQkQSp22JU 4th Place: SENTI by Isen Robbins — https://youtu.be/aW9mRLJbd0A 5th Place: SLINGSHOT by Hal Watmough — https://youtu.be/ClWd4e6rOWk —- Get access to metatrends 10+ years before anyone…

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   28 Sep 2026 · 52 min

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    22 Sep 2026 · 1 hr 27 min

    Ask the Mates Anything Round #2 | MOONSHOTS AMA #293

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