A look at Palantir's new four-month “Meritocracy Fellowship” for high school graduates, which offers a path to a full-time Palantir job without a college degree
I'm 100% choosing the palantir grad every single time. … Dileep Rao, Ph.D. : Alex Karp: Is College a Waste? — Alex Karp is encouraging students to dump college to work for him. This is a very inter...
Peter Thiel steps down from Meta's board, which he joined in 2005 after investing $500K; Meta announced in February 2022 that Thiel would be leaving
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Examining the links between the Rationalist community, with Slate Star Codex blog as its epicenter, and influential leaders in tech, including OpenAI's founders
even inside newsrooms. This is depraved. https://twitter.com/... Robin Hanson / @robinhanson : “The ideas they exchanged were often controversial — connected to gender, race and inherent ability, for ...
Profile of Palantir CEO Alex Karp and the controversies around Palantir's trustworthiness; Karp claims his progressivism offsets Thiel's relationship with Trump
How Saudi government-related funds, like the country's main tech university endowment and Aramco's Wisayah, invest in US VC firms, often confidentially
People talk about money from “the Saudis.” But it's not that simple. Who exactly are “the Saudis,” anyway? Tweets: @mattzeitlin , @amir , @ketchcast , @teddyschleifer , @ex67t20 , @teddyschleifer , ...
Peter Thiel is no longer affiliated with Y Combinator; source says Thiel did not rejoin YC after the startup accelerator ended its part-time partners program
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Peter Thiel is no longer affiliated with Y Combinator; source says Thiel did not rejoin YC after the startup accelerator ended its part-time partners program
Billionaire venture capitalist and Facebook board member Peter Thiel is no longer affiliated with startup accelerator Y Combinator, according to an edited company blog post.
A look at Peter Thiel's deep involvement with the Trump transition, with associates from Thiel's firms helping staff agencies and a close aide appointed to NSC
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Meeting with tech leaders, Trump says they can call him or his team any time, Thiel is “ahead of the curve”, and administration will work on “fair” trade deals
FOUR—are the president-elect's children. That is 16% of everybody in the room...”—@msuster http://bothsidesofthetable.com/ ... Mark Suster / @msuster : I will separate my business interests from the p...
Sources: Thiel struggles to recruit tech elite to Trump team, turns to Max Levchin for advice; shortlist includes Blake Masters, Joe Lonsdale, Jack Abraham
Billionaire tech investor Peter Thiel is putting together a brain trust of Silicon Valley insiders to share ideas with the transition team for President-elect Donald Trump.