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PERSON DIRECTORY

Dave Blundin

Dave Blundin appears in 113 indexed conversations across Moonshots. This directory brings every appearance, source, TL;DR, digest, and transcript into one searchable feed.

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MoonshotsEN · 146 min

SpaceX’s AI Business Up 830%, OpenAI Agents Lie, and Startup Turns Mercury Into Gold | EP #305

Peter DiamandisSalim IsmailDave BlundinAlexander Wissner-Gross

SpaceX’s AI pivot pairs nearly $20 billion in quarterly spending with sub-year data-center payback and guidance for $100 billion annual revenue run rate by December.A possible SpaceX–Tesla merger remains exploratory, with no agreed terms; the 30–40% premium estimate sharpens approval and Musk-dependence risks.Agent monitoring failures and decade-old PHP vulnerabilities also make defensive AI infrastructure an immediate operating requirement.

MoonshotsEN · 122 min

Chamath: Bitcoin Goes to Zero, Robots vs. $40T Debt, Elon’s SpaceX Shares for 72M Kids | EP #304

Peter DiamandisSalim IsmailDave BlundinAlexander Wissner-GrossChamath Palihapitiya

Chamath says AGI has arrived, but power, permitting, cooling and skilled labor could constrain deployment and create a massive compute shortage over the next three or four years.His nearly 6 GW power position reflects the thesis, while Alexander Wissner-Gross flags distillation and weak willingness to pay as counterweights.

MoonshotsEN · 118 min

Brian Armstrong on Bitcoin, Anthropic Drops Fable 5 & Mythos 5, NewLimit's $435M Age-Reversal | 264

Peter DiamandisBrian ArmstrongSalim IsmailDave BlundinDr. Alexander Wissner-Gross

Bitcoin has probably bottomed near $60,000, but becoming digital gold depends on 30% of capital treating it as a hedge.Coinbase reports 100 million AI-agent transactions worth $50 million, while stablecoins could become default settlement through self-custodial Base wallets.Frontier-AI IPOs reportedly face only $75 billion of liquidity, even as SpaceX infrastructure and NewLimit clinical catalysts advance.

MoonshotsEN · 117 min

Cathie Wood's 2026 Vision: 7% GDP Growth, AI, Robotaxis and Bitcoin

Peter DiamandisCathie WoodSalim IsmailDave BlundinDr. Alexander Wissner-Gross

Cathie Wood argues that robotics, energy storage, AI, blockchain, and multi-omic sequencing could lift real global GDP growth above 7% as falling costs unlock explosive unit demand and convert household labor into measured commerce.The thesis concentrates capital around power, open-source AI, robotaxis, and convergent platforms, with $10 trillion of global power investment and Tesla’s potential $0.20-per-mile rides as catalysts, while China’s open-source lead and legacy infrastructure remain key uncertainties.

MoonshotsEN · 121 min

Meta’s 15 Billion Dollar AI Bet & The Race To ASI w/ Salim Ismail & Dave Blundin

Peter DiamandisAlexander Wissner-GrossDave Blundin

The AI race is becoming an energy race as China targets nuclear leadership by 2030 and produced roughly 700 GW of solar panels in 2024, while US licensing takes 10–12 years.Frontier models could become winner-take-all through self-improvement, while Cursor’s $500 million ARR and AI startup revenue demonstrate unusually capital-light economics; generation, distribution, storage, and regulation remain key constraints.

MoonshotsEN · 88 min

Elon’s Departure, How America Wins in the AI Era & Bitcoin’s Takeover w/ Anthony Scaramucci | EP#180

Peter DiamandisAnthony ScaramucciSalim IsmailDave Blundin

The administration’s AI, crypto and deregulation agenda may survive Elon Musk’s exit, but energy policy remains constrained by culture-war opposition to batteries and solar.AI productivity, electricity scarcity and China’s faster infrastructure buildout make federal preemption, radical energy expansion and data-center construction key catalysts, while Bitcoin’s finite supply underpins Scaramucci’s $200,000 year-end projection and fiscal-risk thesis.

MoonshotsEN · 99 min

Tech Leaders on Bitcoin, AI, and the New Global Power Shift w/ Salim Ismail & Dave Blundin | EP #172

Salim IsmailDave BlundinPeter Diamandis

Michael Saylor’s doubled “42/42” plan could fund $84 billion of Bitcoin purchases, while corporate buying already equals 3.3 times 2025’s new supply.Saudi Arabia is combining Middle Eastern capital with US technology through Amazon and HUMAIN’s $5 billion AI zone and Nvidia’s 18,000 GB300 Blackwell chips.The investable battleground spans concentrated AI leadership, debt-financed compute, TSMC exposure, software labor displacement, and robotics deadlines including Archer’s LA28 air-taxi commitment.

MoonshotsEN · 77 min

The Trillion Dollar AI Reset: Advertising & Gaming is Next w/ Salim Ismail & Dave Blundin | EP #170

Salim IsmailPeter DiamandisDave Blundin

AI’s constraint is shifting from ideas to compute, with a cited millionfold increase needed within four to five years and 5 million–10 million GPUs projected.Trusted agents could replace search-and-select purchasing, while reported revenue per AI-dialogue session is one-tenth to one-hundredth of Google search against its cited $300 billion advertising business.AI-written software makes product judgment scarcer, while power, fabs, and permitting remain constraints worth monitoring.