Google Invests $40B Into Anthropic, GPT 5.5 Drops, and Google Cloud Dominates | EP #252

Moonshots with Peter Diamandis

PHD Ventures

Business

4.8 • 604 Ratings

🗓️ 30 April 2026

⏱️ 139 minutes

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In this episode, the mates explore the rapid advancements in AI, the global AI race, new models like Kimi K 2.6 and GPT 5.5, and the implications for privacy, security, and the future of technology. The mates discuss the future of work, AI regulation, and transformative biomedical breakthroughs. 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 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 Your body is incredibly good at hiding disease. Schedule a call with Fountain Life to add healthy decades to your life, and to learn more about their Memberships: https://www.fountainlife.com/peter _ Connect with Peter: X Instagram Substack Website Xprize Connect with Dave: Web X LinkedIn Instagram TikTok Connect with Salim: X Join Salim's Workshop to build your ExO Connect with Alex Website LinkedIn X Email Substack Spotify Threads Listen to MOONSHOTS: Apple YouTube – *Recorded on April 28th, 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	Google commits to a $40 billion investment in Anthropic.
0:03.6	Dario needs compute. He signs up with Amazon.
0:05.7	Google's already a shareholder in Anthropic.
0:07.8	They're trying to maximize the economic value per token.
0:11.5	It's all bottlenecked at TSM.
0:13.6	That's the actual bottleneck to all of AI.
0:16.1	Only Elon will talk about it.
0:17.6	Google Cloud is dominating.
0:19.8	They unveiled their eighth generation of TPUs, in particular, TPU 8T for training and TPU
0:26.6	8i for inference.
0:27.6	I still believe Google's the winner in the long run here.
0:31.6	OpenEI unveiled GPT 5.5.
0:35.6	It very much feels like a release that's intended to strengthen OpenAI's codex.
0:41.6	Math is cooked. A bunch of other things are cooked as well.
0:44.0	Things are moving so quickly now that on a month-by-month basis,
0:46.9	we're able to see the hardest of these benchmarks creep up 1% per month.
0:51.6	So not long now.
0:54.7	Now that's the moonshot, ladies and gentlemen.
1:00.0	Everybody, welcome to another episode of Moonshots, your favorite AI exponential tech pod
1:05.8	out there in the universe, here with my incredible Moonshot mates, AWG, back with his orchid-filled room, DB2,
1:14.7	in his headquarters of all exponential investments.
1:19.7	And, of course, Saleem is on the road.
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