Axon Enterprise (Nasdaq: AXON), the dominant US provider of police body cameras and Tasers serving over 18,000 law enforcement agencies, entered a definitive agreement to acquire Carbyne for $625 million in an all-cash transaction expected to close in Q1 2026. The acquisition consolidates …
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Anduril Industries closed an oversubscribed $2.5 billion funding round at a $30.5 billion valuation, more than doubling its previous $14 billion valuation from 2024. Peter Thiel’s Founders Fund led the round with a $1 billion investment—the fund’s largest single check ever—demonstrating …
Palantir Technologies received a $30 million contract to deliver ImmigrationOS, an AI platform that integrates previously-segregated government databases including IRS tax records, Social Security files, passport records, and license-plate reader data for immigration enforcement. The system, to be …
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The Handala hacking group breached and released over 100,000 emails from former Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak through Distributed Denial of Secrets. The emails exposed extensive business partnerships between Barak and Jeffrey Epstein, including joint investments in surveillance technology …
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The Trump administration is fast-tracking a $25 million pilot contract for Ramp, a politically connected FinTech startup backed by Peter Thiel, Elon Musk, and JD Vance allies, to manage the $700 billion SmartPay government expense card program. Ramp, valued at $13 billion, has deep ties to …
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Elon Musk launched a strategic recruitment campaign targeting engineers from Palantir and SpaceX networks through Discord servers and online chat groups, seeking to build a team to cut federal spending by one-third. The recruitment effort focused on finding ‘hardcore engineers’ willing …
J.D. Vance sworn in as 50th Vice President at age 40, completing transformation from Hillbilly Elegy author and Trump critic to second-highest office, backed by Peter Thiel network influence. Became the third-youngest vice president in U.S. history, first Millennial and first Marine Corps veteran to …
J.D. Vance was sworn in as the 50th Vice President of the United States on January 20, 2025, completing a remarkable political transformation from bestselling author and Trump critic to Trump’s most prominent advocate. At 40 years old, he is the first millennial and third-youngest vice …
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Donald Trump announces J.D. Vance as 2024 VP nominee, completing Vance’s transformation from Trump critic to potential Vice President, bringing Silicon Valley elite influence to ticket. Vance, a first-term senator from Ohio and author of ‘Hillbilly Elegy’, was selected during the …
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In April 2022, Donald Trump endorsed J.D. Vance for the Ohio Senate race, a pivotal moment facilitated by Peter Thiel’s unprecedented $15 million investment in the Protect Ohio Values SuperPAC. This financial backing marked the most expensive single Senate candidate support in state history, …
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In January 2022, Peter Thiel receives a second documented invitation to meet privately with Vladimir Putin, this time through Russian diplomat Daniil Bisslinger. The invitation came amid rising tensions before Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, demonstrating persistent Russian intelligence …
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Clearview AI closed a $30 million Series B funding round led by Kirenaga Partners, valuing the controversial facial recognition company at $130 million. The investment came despite ongoing privacy investigations in multiple countries and widespread regulatory findings that the company’s …
J.D. Vance officially announced his candidacy for the U.S. Senate in Ohio, launching his campaign at Middletown Tube Works in his hometown. Having transformed from a Never Trump critic to an America First supporter, Vance sought and ultimately received Trump’s endorsement for the Republican …
Mark Zuckerberg conducts secret, unreported meetings with Donald Trump, Jared Kushner, and Facebook board member Peter Thiel at the White House to negotiate content moderation policies and regulatory pressure. According to later reporting, Zuckerberg promises to avoid fact-checking political speech …
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J.D. Vance returns to Ohio and co-founds Narya Capital venture firm with $93 million in capital, backed by Peter Thiel, Eric Schmidt, Marc Andreessen, and Scott Dorsey. The firm focuses on investing in startups in under-served cities across fields of science and advanced technology.
J.D. Vance returns to Ohio and co-founds Narya Capital venture firm with $93 million initial funding, backed by Peter Thiel, Eric Schmidt, and other Silicon Valley elites. This strategic move positioned Vance for a future political career while leveraging his connections with tech billionaires. The …
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Peter Thiel becomes anchor investor in J.D. Vance’s new venture capital firm Narya Capital, which raises $93 million. Fund focuses on investments outside Silicon Valley, particularly in Midwest, aligning with Vance’s populist branding while maintaining elite financial networks. …
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Peter Thiel’s Founders Fund led a $15 million Series B investment in Carbyne (formerly Reporty Homeland Security), the Israeli surveillance technology company founded by Unit 8200 intelligence veterans and previously funded by Jeffrey Epstein and Ehud Barak. The investment directly connected …
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At a lavish birthday celebration in Vienna, Russian diplomat Daniil Bisslinger, an attaché from the Kremlin’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, invited Peter Thiel to a private meeting with Vladimir Putin at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum. The invitation, later reported to the FBI, …
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Peter Thiel’s complex intelligence role emerged in 2018, with documented Russian diplomatic attempts to recruit him. While he formally became an FBI informant with the codename “Philosopher” in 2021, his early interactions with Russian diplomats like Daniil Bisslinger were …
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Anduril Industries was incorporated on June 16, 2017, by Palmer Luckey (Oculus VR founder), Trae Stephens (Founders Fund partner and former Palantir executive), Matt Grimm, Joe Chen, and Brian Schimpf (CEO). The company was seeded by Peter Thiel’s Founders Fund and pitched low-cost border …
Peter Thiel brings J.D. Vance into his global investment firm Mithril Capital as an investor, marking a significant moment in Vance’s early professional career. This relationship positioned Vance within Thiel’s influential tech and venture capital network, setting the stage for …
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Clearview AI was founded in 2017 by Australian tech entrepreneur Hoan Ton-That and Richard Schwartz, a former aide to Rudy Giuliani when he was mayor of New York. The company was created after transferring the assets of another company, SmartCheckr, which the pair originally founded alongside …
Tech billionaire Peter Thiel delivers prime-time RNC speech endorsing Trump, marking Silicon Valley’s entry into MAGA movement and first openly gay speaker at Republican convention
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JD Vance joins Peter Thiel’s venture capital firm Mithril Capital as a principal, establishing a crucial financial and ideological relationship that would later shape his political career. This strategic partnership connects Vance to Thiel’s techno-libertarian philosophy and provides the …
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JD Vance joins Peter Thiel’s venture capital firm Mithril Capital as a principal, establishing a crucial financial and ideological relationship that would later shape his political career. The partnership connects Vance to Thiel’s techno-libertarian philosophy and provides the foundation …
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Following publication of “Hillbilly Elegy,” J.D. Vance joins Peter Thiel’s venture capital firm Mithril Capital as principal, deepening financial and ideological ties with Silicon Valley’s tech elite.
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Jeffrey Epstein and Ehud Barak jointly invested in Carbyne (initially Reporty Homeland Security), a sophisticated surveillance technology company co-founded by Unit 8200 veterans Lital Leshem, Amir Elichai, and Alex Dizengof. Barak invested $1.5 million through a limited partnership company called …
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The New Orleans Police Department launches a secretive predictive policing program in partnership with Palantir Technologies, a data-mining firm founded with seed money from the CIA’s venture capital arm In-Q-Tel. The program operates without public knowledge or oversight, escaping scrutiny …
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The Los Angeles Police Department launches Operation LASER (Los Angeles Strategic Extraction and Restoration), a controversial predictive policing program that runs from 2011 to 2019. The program is designed to identify and target individuals deemed at high risk of committing violent crimes using a …
At a pivotal 2011 Yale Law School talk, Peter Thiel meets J.D. Vance, initiating a mentorship that would transform Vance’s career trajectory from law student to venture capitalist to U.S. Senator. Thiel challenged traditional elite career paths, identifying Vance as a potential protégé in his …
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Digital Sky Technologies (DST), led by Russian oligarch Alisher Usmanov and Yuri Milner, purchases a 1.96% stake in Facebook for $200 million. The investment, strategically structured without voting rights, marks a significant entry of Russian capital into the emerging social media platform.
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Peter Thiel publishes “The Education of a Libertarian” in Cato Institute’s journal, declaring democracy incompatible with freedom, and advocating technological escape from political systems.
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Palantir Technologies was officially incorporated in May 2003 by Peter Thiel and PayPal alumni, just months after Congress defunded DARPA’s Total Information Awareness (TIA) program due to privacy concerns. The founders met with John Poindexter, the recently fired director of Total Information …
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