Peter Diamandis

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About Peter Diamandis

Peter Diamandis is the founder and executive chairman of the XPRIZE Foundation, which designs and operates large-scale incentive competitions to solve humanity's grand challenges. He co-founded Singularity University with Ray Kurzweil in 2008 and hosts the Moonshots podcast.

Diamandis is a leading voice on exponential technologies and their potential to create abundance. His books "Abundance: The Future Is Better Than You Think" (2012) and "The Future Is Faster Than You Think" (2020) argue that converging technologies will solve humanity's biggest problems.

Career Highlights

XPRIZE Foundation (1994-present): Founder and Executive Chairman
Singularity University (2008): Co-founder with Ray Kurzweil
Space Adventures: Co-founder, facilitated private space tourism
Author: "Abundance" (2012), "Bold" (2015), "The Future Is Faster Than You Think" (2020)
Moonshots Podcast: Host, interviewing technologists and futurists

Notable Positions

On Exponential Thinking

Diamandis advocates for "moonshot thinking"—setting audacious goals that leverage exponential technologies:

"The day before something is truly a breakthrough, it's a crazy idea."

On AI and Abundance

Diamandis sees AI as the key enabler of abundance—making resources available to everyone that were once scarce.

Key Quotes

"The best way to predict the future is to create it yourself."
"The world's biggest problems are the world's biggest business opportunities."

Ray Kurzweil - Co-founder of Singularity University
AGI - Central topic of Moonshots discussions