Overview
Founders Fund is a venture capital firm founded by Peter Thiel in 2005, investing in defense, AI, and frontier technology. Known for early investments in Facebook, SpaceX, Palantir, and Anduril. Based in San Francisco.
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- None on file
- Active incidents
- None on file
Key facts
HQ
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Notable investments
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Data & sources
Web sources
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Founders Fund on the deployment map
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Relationships
Safety record
No incidents on record for Founders Fund.
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Recent coverage
Founders Fund in third-party press
Financial state
- Reporting basis
- private_reported
- Lifecycle stage
- mature
- Counterparty risk class
- low
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Partnerships (1)
- Gecko Robotics Series D (2025) with Gecko Robotics, Cox Enterprises, USIT, XN, Y Combinatorinvestment
Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Record createdJun 25, 2026
Added to the verified registry
Sources (1)
Common questions
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Methodology: Verified · 1 source (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-08-05
Verification posture
Verified
Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-08-05
Sources by quality tier
- 1
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
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Methodology surface for Founders Fund.In the press
Recent coverage mentioning Founders Fund from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
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Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /companies/founders-fund.md
- RSS feed: /companies/founders-fund/feed.xml
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/companies/99701be5-12f5-485b-9e9f-6f36b85ced18
- Revision history: /companies/founders-fund/history
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
Reality vs attention
Not enough verified signal yet to place Founders Fund against peers. Reality and attention percentiles publish once the underlying record clears its data floor.
6-month trend
Analysis
Limited public funding data for capital position assessment.
Dimension breakdown
Verified signal
Attention (reach, not merit)
DEPLOY Intelligence scores are computed from verified registry data: confirmed deployments, disclosed funding rounds, regulatory filings, active job listings, video viewership, and press coverage. Confidence ratings reflect data availability. Scores update nightly.
DEPLOY Indices — verified vs claimed
Last computed: Aug 18, 2026