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DeepMind's cofounder Demis Hassabis is a chess champion who landed funding from Peter Thiel by talking about a key tension in the game
Demis Hassabis is a chess champion who used his knowledge of the game to win over veteran Silicon V…
Lakshmi Varanasi
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It seems Peter Thiel's fund timed a reported $200 million crypto spending spree perfectly
The billionaire tech mogul's Founders Fund started snapping up bitcoin and ether in mid-2023, Reute…
George Glover
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A phone call between Trump and conservative tech billionaire Peter Thiel reportedly turned 'pretty contentious'
Trump reportedly had some choice words for Peter Thiel after the tech billionaire and Republican me…
Haley Tenore
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Exclusive: Tech billionaire Peter Thiel was an FBI informant
In 2021, Thiel, a top tech investor and Trump megadonor, began a secret life as a confidential FBI …
Mattathias Schwartz
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Palantir CEO Alex Karp says Trump's rise is tied to the 'excesses of Silicon Valley'
"I don't believe you would have a Trump phenomenon without the excesses of Silicon Valley," Karp to…
Kwan Wei Kevin Tan
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Peter Thiel says he found out Donald Trump cursed and called him a 'scumbag' after he refused to donate to his 2024 campaign
Peter Thiel told The Atlantic that Donald Trump phoned him up to ask him to donate to his campaign.…
Pete Syme
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Mark Cuban says Silicon Valley tech bros have lost their grip on reality and now want to be the board of directors to Trump's CEO
"It's not so much a support thing. It's more like a takeover thing," Cuban said of the support Tru…
Kwan Wei Kevin Tan
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Palmer Luckey's startup Anduril raises $1.5 billion to build a Tesla-style weapons factory
Anduril is planning a huge factory facility for its autonomous weapons and devices that it says can…
Polly Thompson
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JD Vance holds Silicon Valley fundraiser as tech leaders rally around Kamala Harris
Guests were asked to pay $3,300 to attend the dinner reception at the event, which took place at Bi…
Beatrice Nolan
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Peter Thiel has invested millions in longevity research. Here's the billionaire's antiaging routine.
Peter Thiel's antiaging routine: He eats a paleo diet, works out with a trainer, and takes medicati…
Kate Hull
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Swimmer says he'll compete in Peter Thiel-backed Olympics for doped-up athletes and will 'juice to the gills' for $1 million prize
James Magnussen accepted a lucrative offer to compete in the Enhanced Games, an Olympic-style conte…
Joshua Zitser
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Inside the tech industry's 'broletariat revolution' against the media
Tech elites hate the media. So they're taking a page from Fox News.
Insider Inc.
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Peter Thiel was an FBI informant. Here's how you could become one.
FBI informants — like Peter Thiel — provide information and intelligence to the bureau. You can vol…
Sonam Sheth
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Kamala Harris has a golden opportunity to pull Silicon Valley away from Trump and Vance
Vice President Kamala Harris is gaining momentum in the 2024 election with endorsements from tech l…
Beatrice Nolan
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Marc Andreessen throws his support behind an Elon Musk-Mark Zuckerberg cage fight in a talk with Peter Thiel
Marc Andreessen and Peter Thiel, who spoke on a panel at "summer camp for billionaires" in Sun Vall…
Will Gendron
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Elon Musk reacts to Biden dropping out: 'My smartest friends' are 'excited about Trump'
Elon Musk said he believed the Republican Party maximizes individual freedom and merit and that his…
Lakshmi Varanasi
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Billionaire Peter Thiel reportedly had 'several meetings' scheduled with Jeffrey Epstein, according to email records
Peter Thiel's name was included in scheduling records from 2014, The New York Times reported. It is…
Grace Kay
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Don't be like JD Vance. Make your Venmo contacts private.
Venmo only started allowing you to keep your contacts private recently. Here's a step-by-step guide…
Katie Notopoulos
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JD Vance could be the first tech guy in the White House. But it's way too early to say what that means.
Vance's views don't align exactly with Silicon Valley, but he could be the tech industry's first bi…
Peter Kafka
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Billionaire Peter Thiel is one of thousands due to be cryogenically frozen after they die — inside the industry selling life after death
Thousands of people have signed up to be cryogenically frozen after they die, even though there is …