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fromBusiness Insider
5 days ago

Peter Thiel's political hiatus is over. Here's where his money's flowing now.

Peter Thiel made his first political contribution in two and a half years, giving $852,200 to House Speaker Mike Johnson's joint fundraising committee, with most funds going to various GOP campaigns.
US politics
#hulk-hogan
Digital life
fromFortune
3 weeks ago

Peter Thiel is backing Palmer Luckey's Erebor digital bank, but that name has a dark history

Palmer Luckey is launching a digital bank named Erebor, backed by Peter Thiel, targeting startups and cryptocurrency companies.
fromFortune
1 month ago

Peter Thiel sold 20 million shares of Facebook, just months after its IPO-but they'd be worth nearly $15 billion more if he had held on

"I think investors always have a bias to invest in things they themselves use and they undervalue things they don't use so there aren't many investors who are in college."
Tech industry
fromThe Nation
1 month ago

The Billionaires Are Abandoning Humanity

Peter Thiel sees radical political change as necessary to address stagnation in Western civilization.
#technology
fromBusiness Insider
1 month ago
Artificial intelligence

AI isn't 'a nothing burger,' but won't end 'stagnation' in tech, says Peter Thiel

Peter Thiel believes AI is essential to prevent total stagnation in technological advancements.
Silicon Valley
fromWIRED
4 months ago

The Silicon Valley Christians Who Want to Build 'Heaven on Earth'

Tech leaders advocate for focusing on meaningful, complex problems through 'good quests' rather than distractions and superficial achievements.
Silicon Valley
fromWIRED
4 months ago

The Silicon Valley Christians Who Want to Build 'Heaven on Earth'

Tech leaders advocate for focusing on meaningful, complex problems through 'good quests' rather than distractions and superficial achievements.
fromwww.nytimes.com
1 month ago

Video: Opinion | Peter Thiel and the Antichrist

In 2025, I still broadly believe in the stagnation thesis. The claim was not that we were absolutely, completely stuck, but that the velocity had slowed.
US politics
#palantir
fromFortune
11 months ago
Left-wing politics

Palantir's CEO backs Harris and says that cofounder Peter Thiel's support of Trump made it harder to get things done

fromFortune
11 months ago
Left-wing politics

Palantir's CEO backs Harris and says that cofounder Peter Thiel's support of Trump made it harder to get things done

fromWIRED
2 months ago

How Peter Thiel's Relationship With Eliezer Yudkowsky Launched the AI Revolution

Sam Altman, influenced by Peter Thiel, champions ambitious tech pursuits, shifting from being a millennial optimist to a guide for hard technology investments.
fromFuturism
2 months ago

Ex-FBI Agent: Elon Musk's Drug Habit Made Him an Easy Target for Russian Spies

Musk's susceptibility to promiscuous women and drug use, in particular ketamine, and his gravitation towards club life... would have been seen by Russian intelligence service as an entry point for an operative.
US politics
fromBig Think
3 months ago

Leadership conundrum: What do Star Wars and Star Trek really mean?

Peter Thiel misinterprets the motifs of 'Star Wars' and 'Star Trek', linking them inaccurately to capitalist and communist ideologies.
Startup companies
fromTechCrunch
3 months ago

Founder's Fund's new $4.6B fund indicates an era of big VC spending | TechCrunch

Founder's Fund raised $3.4 billion for its third growth fund, indicating strong market confidence and oversubscription from investors.
fromwww.theguardian.com
3 months ago

Is Usha Vance starting to feel a little sorry for herself? | Arwa Mahdawi

JD Vance's rise to prominence is heavily influenced by key figures including Peter Thiel, Kevin D Roberts, and his wife Usha Chilukuri Vance.
Cryptocurrency
fromNew York Post
4 months ago

Who is bitcoin's mysterious founder Satoshi Nakamoto? And why he 'might not exist'

Peter Thiel condemned corporate critics of Bitcoin, emphasizing the independence of its true supporters.
Startup companies
from24/7 Wall St.
4 months ago

Peter Thiel's Incredible Advice for Anyone Looking to Grow Their Retirement Portfolio

Peter Thiel's strategic use of a Roth IRA has enabled him to accumulate $1 billion through diversified investments.
#palantir-technologies
fromwww.nytimes.com
6 months ago

A Trump Party Hosted by Peter Thiel, With All of Silicon Valley

As the power brokers gathered in anticipation of the inauguration of President-elect Donald J. Trump, the party showcased a convergence of influential figures from both Silicon Valley and Washington.
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