What Dave Blundin has said about 2026 United States midterm elections

2 quotes · 2 episodes · Oct 7, 2026 – Nov 7, 2026

Dave Blundin, Founder and general partner of Link Ventures, co-host of Moonshots, has been quoted on 2026 United States midterm elections 2 times in 2 episodes of Moonshots with Peter Diamandis, most recently on November 7, 2026. Each quote below is verbatim and links to the moment it was said.

In their words

Blundin says AI's prominence as an election issue is unprecedented in his lifetime.
“But I never in my life have seen a technical topic like A.I. be a dominant topic in the elections”
Moonshots with Peter Diamandis: The Great Collision Between Politics and AI | #309 (Nov 7, 2026) · Listen from 10:35
Came true
Blundin cites a 75 percent chance that control of Congress flips in the midterm elections.
“75 percent chance that Congress flips to the other party”
Moonshots with Peter Diamandis: Why Altman Says "Accept Some Bad Things Happening" and What It Means for AI Safety | MOONSHOTS #301 (Oct 7, 2026) · Listen from 27:57

The Great Collision Between Politics and AI | #309
Moonshots with Peter Diamandis · Nov 7, 2026 · 1 h 47 min
Salim Ismail, Alexander Wissner-Gross and Dave Blundin discuss how Democratic midterm gains and data-center backlash affect AI, markets, recursive self-improvement and orbital compute.
Why Altman Says "Accept Some Bad Things Happening" and What It Means for AI Safety | MOONSHOTS #301
Moonshots with Peter Diamandis · Oct 7, 2026 · 2 h 47 min
Peter Diamandis, Salim Ismail, Dave Blundin, Alexander Wissner-Gross and Emad Mostaque debate the Superintelligence Force, Altman's risk comments, Claude's possible consciousness, open-weight models, robots and the Nobel Prizes.