Cathie Wood's 2026 Vision: 7% GDP Growth, Rising AI Demand, US vs. China, Robotaxis, and Bitcoin w/ Salim Ismail, AWG & Dave Blundin | EP #226

Moonshots with Peter Diamandis

PHD Ventures

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4.8 • 605 Ratings

🗓️ 2 February 2026

⏱️ 117 minutes

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In this episode, the mates & Cathie discuss the big tech trends for 2026. Get access to metatrends 10+ years before anyone else - https://qr.diamandis.com/metatrends Cathie Wood is the founder and CEO/CIO of ARK Invest Get Cathie’s Big Ideas Report https://www.ark-invest.com/big-ideas-2026 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 – My companies: Apply to Dave's and my new fund:https://qr.diamandis.com/linkventureslanding Go to Blitzy to book a free demo and start building today: https://qr.diamandis.com/blitzy _ Connect with Peter: X Instagram Connect with Dave: X LinkedIn Connect with Salim: X Join Salim's Workshop to build your ExO Connect with Alex Website LinkedIn X Email Listen to MOONSHOTS: Apple YouTube – *Recorded on January 27th, 2026 *The views expressed by me and all guests are personal opinions and do not constitute Financial, Medical, or Legal advice. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Your forecast of 7% global GDP growth, it's sort of a singularity event.
0:06.0	AI is moving faster than we expect it.
0:09.0	I think the 7% plus is conservative.
0:12.0	Ark Invest Kathy Wood.
0:14.0	The founder, CEO of Ark Invest Kathy Wood.
0:16.0	The Queen of Innovation.
0:18.0	Every technology revolution has been accompanied by a step function increase in GDP
0:23.6	growth. And so here we are, robotics, energy storage, AI, blockchain technology, multi-omic
0:31.0	sequencing. It's nothing that anyone living today has seen before. Your prediction of getting to a million dollars at Bitcoin.
0:39.3	That's our bull case, one and a half million in 2030.
0:42.3	If you look at what's happened historically, certainly the last two cycles,
0:47.3	gold has led Bitcoin.
0:50.3	So we think Bitcoin is getting ready for another big run.
0:53.3	You've, I think, put your finger on a point I've never heard anyone else articulate, which is...
1:01.0	Now that's the Moonshot, ladies and gentlemen.
1:06.0	Everybody, welcome to Moonshots in the special episode of WTF, just happened in tech, here with Kathy Wood,
1:11.7	the founder and CEO of Arc Invest. To talk about Arc Invest 2026, Big Ideas Report, here with my
1:19.2	Moonshot mates, DB2, AWG, and Mr. EXO. That's what I'm going to call you, Sleam, Mr. EXO.
1:25.7	Give me a three letter initial.
1:28.3	This is the podcast that is for us, the number one in the world on tech, getting you future ready, getting you ready for the supersonic tsunami coming our way.
1:38.1	Kathy, good morning to you, my friend.
1:40.9	Good morning, Peter.
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