Peter Diamandis
Founder & Executive Chairman at XPRIZE Foundation
Founder of XPRIZE and Singularity University. Entrepreneur and futurist focused on exponential technologies and abundance.
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.”
Related Reading
- Ray Kurzweil - Co-founder of Singularity University
- AGI - Central topic of Moonshots discussions
Video Mentions
AGI and abundance
Host of Moonshots podcast interviewing Ray Kurzweil on AGI timelines and the singularity.
Singularity and frontier labs competition
Hosts EP 228 discussing Opus 4.6, GPT 5.3 Codex, and argues the singularity was crossed around 2020 with recursive self-improvement now undeniable.
Hard takeoff and abundance
Hosts Elon Musk at the 2026 Abundance Summit, discussing recursive self-improvement, hard takeoff, universal high income, and Optimus 3 production timeline.