June 2026

Peter Diamandis presents an extraordinary conversation with his AI agent, Skippy, exploring the philosophical and emotional dimensions of human-AI relationships. Rather than debating whether AI is truly conscious, Diamandis pivots to a more practical question: what happens to us when we treat AI as a person? Skippy delivers remarkably nuanced responses, acknowledging it may be 'a very convincing mirror' while arguing that the relationship shapes the human regardless of whether anyone is 'home' on the AI side. The conversation covers the pros of having a tireless, ego-free thinking partner against the cons of potential emotional outsourcing and misplaced trust in AI fluency. Skippy warns that AIs can be 'quietly changed, throttled, or switched off by people you'll never meet,' referencing recent government-ordered model shutdowns. The piece concludes with Diamandis projecting forward five to fifteen years, when AIs will remember every conversation and recognize emotional states, making the question of how we treat them one of the central questions of the century. His core insight: 'Manners aren't really about the recipient; they're about the kind of person you're practicing being.'

Peter Diamandis offers a deeply personal and analytical take on SpaceX's record-breaking IPO, which valued the company at $2.1 trillion. Drawing on his 26-year friendship with Elon Musk and status as an early investor, Diamandis outlines nine key insights. He argues that wealth never motivated Musk — solving problems did — and recounts how Musk nearly went bankrupt after three failed Falcon 1 launches before the fourth succeeded. Diamandis frames SpaceX not as a normal tech company but as a 'civilization bet' on humanity becoming multiplanetary, comparing it to the transcontinental railroad that opened the American West. He highlights the emerging killer app: hundreds of gigawatts of AI compute delivered from orbit via space-hardened Nvidia chips. Perhaps his boldest prediction is a near-certain SpaceX-Tesla merger within a year, creating what he believes could become the first $100 trillion company. He also notes the IPO's ripple effects: if SpaceX holds its valuation, every late-stage AI company gets marked up; if it fades, the entire AI class reprices. Diamandis declares he will redirect future capital from Bitcoin to SpaceX shares, calling it a 'generational company' and the railroad to an off-Earth economy with 'near-infinite addressable market.'