Browsing: Founders Fund
Founders Fund hires ex-OpenAI exec Ryan Beiermeister (and not because of her ‘mafia’ skills)
Ryan Beiermeister has joined Founders Fund as a partner, it announced Monday. Beiermeister is well known in Silicon Valley for several reasons. First, prior to this…
Founders Fund Launches Series of Games Starring Sam Altman, Palmer Luckey and Other Tech Elites
Ever had the urge to watch Sam Altman and Palmer Lackey fight over a moderately suspenseful card game? If so, you’re in luck. Silicon Valley leaders…
Before Zack Eakin sold investors on his new startup, he interned at Palmer Luckey. When Eakin left Luckey’s defense startup Anduril in 2024 to start a…
Peter Thiel’s Founders Fund is nearing the close of its fourth growth fund, Founders Fund Growth IV, with $6 billion in capital commitments, according to sources…
With AI, investor faith is (almost) dead: At least a dozen OpenAI VCs now back Anthropic too
With OpenAI on the verge of closing a new $100 billion round and Anthropic just closing its own monster $30 billion raise, one thing is clear:…
Another day, another nine-figure round for a nuclear startup. Radioactive nuke said today that it has raised more than $300 million, just one day after Last…
Surprise! Donald Trump’s big, bold ambition to buy Greenland from Denmark has a technological angle. Ken Howery, named as the US President-elect to be the next…
Kalshi CEO admits recruiting influencers at dis Polymarket in now-deleted podcast segment
Kalshi CEO Tarek Mansour confirmed in a podcast interview that his employees asked social media influencers to promote memes about the FBI raid on the home…
When Keith Rabois announced he was leaving Founders Fund to return to Khosla Ventures in January, it shocked many in the venture capital ecosystem — and…
Just five months after its founding, the hard-tech startup Layup Parts has landed a $9 million funding round led by Founders Fund to transform composites manufacturing.…