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Peter Thiel

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165 articles decelerating

Peter Thiel has appeared in 165 articles since 2015-02. Coverage peaked in 2026Q1 with 6 articles. Frequently mentioned alongside Trump, Palantir, Thiel, Facebook.

Articles
165
mentions
Velocity
-66.7%
growth rate
Acceleration
-2.667
velocity change
Sources
48
publications
The Half-Life
On March 16: Thiel lobbied billionaires to undo the Giving Pledge, OpenAI's advisory council was overruled on adult content, and eight tech companies signed a n...

Coverage Timeline

2026-03-24
Financial Times 4 related

How Palantir became a flashpoint on the US campaign trail due to its ICE work, ahead of the midterms; six lawmakers publicly refuse any further Palantir funds

Donald Trump's unpopular immigration crackdown has made links to the Peter Thiel-backed company a liability for candidates

2025-09-20
The Verge 19 related

Meta CTO says the technical issues during live demos of its new smart glasses were due to a self-inflicted DDoS and a bug that put Zuckerberg's glasses to sleep

and it wasn't the Wi-Fi Lakshmi Varanasi / Business Insider : Meta's CTO: We'd ‘love’ iMessage on Ray-Ban glasses, but Apple won't allow it David Heaney / UploadVR : Meta Explains Why Its Connect Live...

2025-08-03
Washington Post 6 related

How Palantir has benefited since President Trump took office, securing new and expanded government contracts and becoming the S&P's top-performing stock of 2025

who sometime were already doing the job before Palantir. … @crystal159 : .  —  PALANTIR  —  The software and data analytics company has garnered at least $300 million in new and expanded business sinc...

2025-04-12
Wired 1 related

Sources: Palantir is helping DOGE build an API layer above all IRS databases; DOGE wants Palantir's Foundry software to be the “read center of all IRS systems”

For the past three days, DOGE and a handful of Palantir representatives, along with dozens of career IRS engineers … Bluesky: @wired.com , @wired.com , @emptywheel , @sbyrnes , @techviews , @whodat35 ...

2025-02-12
New York Times

A look at ACTS 17 Collective, a nonprofit devoted to introducing Christianity to technologists by asking Peter Thiel and other executives to discuss their faith

www.nytimes.com/2025/02/11/b... @rinkytone : “We were always taught as Christians to serve the meek, the lowly, the marginalized.  I think we've realized that the rich, the wealthy, the powerful need ...

2025-02-04
Musk Watch 8 related

An OPM staffer believes that a server Elon Musk's associates installed, with access to federal staff info like SSNs, has not had a Privacy Impact Assessment

www.wired.com/story/elon-m... Tim Marchman / @timmarchman : NEW: A 25-year-old who's worked for Elon Musk companies now has direct control over a Treasury system disbursements from which amount to a f...

2024-12-06
Washington Post 2 related

Sauron, which is touting a waiting list of tech CEOs and VCs for its home security system that incorporates drones and facial recognition, raised a $18M seed

By incorporating drones, facial recognition and high-tech sensors, Sauron aims to super-charge home security … Bluesky: @stephencsmith , @willoremus.com , @siracusa.mastodon … , @thorinklosowski.com ,...

2023-09-24
Wired

A look at the UK NHS' plans for a federated data platform and the doctors, privacy campaigners, and others concerned that Palantir could win the £480M contract

Wired : Mastodon: @wcbdata@vis.social . X: @kvnbbg and @steve_e . LinkedIn: Liam Cahill . Forums: r/technology Mastodon: @wcbdata@vis.social : If you know anyone who has any influence within the NHS,...

2023-03-18
@zoeschiffer 8 related

Sources: Twitter has downranked accounts from its rivals like Instagram, Snap, and TikTok since December 2022, plus accounts like the US Department of Health's

It would be nice if one of the two actually links was to the article.  Instead one is to a Tweet with the link and the other is to your site with a link.  😇 @patrida1941@mstdn.social : @caseynewton @z...

2023-03-17
@zoeschiffer 5 related

Sources: Twitter downranked rivals' corporate accounts including Instagram, Snap, and TikTok since December, as well as non-rivals like the US @HHSGov account

Little scoop from me today: Twitter has been down-ranking the corporate accounts of its competitors, including 19 official TikTok accounts, 3 Snap accounts, and 2 Instagram accounts. This means their ...

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Peter Thiel has appeared in 140 Techmeme articles since February 2015. The biggest stories include Peter Thiel acknowledges he spent around $10M to fund a team of lawyers to help Gawker... and Peter Thiel acknowledges he spent around $10M to fund a team of lawyers to help Gawker.... Frequently covered alongside Trump, Thiel, Gawker, Facebook, and Valar Ventures. Coverage has shifted toward funding, consumer themes and away from developer.

Key Moments

2024Q2funding +100pts; competition -100pts
2024Q3developer +100pts; funding -100pts
2024Q4developer -100pts; funding +50pts

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