AI Costs Plummeting 40x: Why Costs Are Collapsing & What It Really Means w/ Dave, Salim & AWG

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Dave Blundin is the founder & GP of Link Ventures

Salim Ismail is the founder of OpenExO

Dr. Alexander Wissner-Gross is a computer scientist and founder of Reified

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Chapters:

00:00 - Intro
03:07 - Anthropic Beats OpenAI
12:37 - Fei-Fei Li's World Labs Launch
17:57 - AI Forgetting Memorized Data: A Breakthrough in Privacy
23:44 - RL Breakthroughs: Google's Nested Learning
28:07 - Ultra Low-Cost AI Models
35:55 - Can Europe Compete in AI?
40:59 - Global Survey on Top Concerns
46:55 - Moonshot Gathering Proposal
52:06 - Data Centers and Energy Challenges
1:04:56 - Elon Musk's Flying Car and Marketing Genius
1:13:38 - Global Weather Control and Civilization
1:13:47 - Blue Origin's Milestone: Glen Rocket Booster Lands
1:16:24 - Labor Unions vs. Waymo
1:20:30 - AI's Role in Solving Grand Challenges
1:23:55 - AI in Medicine: Chan Zuckerberg Initiative
1:26:28 - Longevity Therapies and GLP-1 Drugs
1:29:14 - Edison Launches Cosmos: The AI Scientist
1:33:22 - Genetically Engineered Babies: The Ethical Debate

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My companies:

Apply to Dave's and my new fund: https://qr.diamandis.com/linkventureslanding

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Join Salim's Workshop to build your ExO https://openexo.com/10x-shift?video=PeterD062625
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Join Salim's Workshop to build your ExO https://openexo.com/10x-shift?video=PeterD062625

Connect with Alex
Web: https://www.alexwg.org
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexwg/
X: https://x.com/alexwg
Email: alexwg@alexwg.org


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*Recorded on November 15th, 2025
*The views expressed by me and all guests are personal opinions and do not constitute Financial, Medical, or Legal advice.