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From SpaceX to Anduril, Stripe to RigUp, Founders Fund continues to invest in revolutionary technologies that reshapes the way we interact with the world.

Peter Thiel, Lauren Gross, and the team at Founders Fund have helped build and fund many of the most important technology companies in the world.

He has provided early funding for LinkedIn, Yelp, and dozens of startups, many run by former colleagues who have been dubbed the “PayPal Mafia.” He is a partner at Founders Fund, a Silicon Valley venture capital firm that has funded companies including SpaceX and Airbnb.

Right at the peak of our last pandemic, Founders Fund hosted the first Hereticon, a “conference for thoughtcrime.” Our thinking was simple: dissent is worth protecting. Most new ideas are wrong, or useless. Some are even dangerous.

The first company to achieve orbit with a liquid-fueled rocket, SpaceX develops launch systems at dramatically-lower costs than any entity — government or private — in history.

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John is a Partner at Founders Fund. He has worked on investments including Scale AI, Rippling, OpenAI, Figma, Newfront Insurance, Flock Safety, Tagomi (acquired by Coinbase), Escher Reality (acquired by Niantic), Loop Logistics, Origin, Rinsed, and DoNotPay.

Matias Van Thienen is a Principal at Founders Fund who has led or helped source deals with Scale AI, RigUp, Newfront Insurance, and Solugen.

Danielle is the Paralegal to the General Counsel at Founders Fund. She supports the firm's legal operations, including managing investment transactions, maintaining legal documentation and facilitating communication among internal teams, external counsel, and portfolio companies.