Founder lineage
The PayPal diaspora
4 robotics companies were founded by people who came from PayPal. Every branch is a verified role plus a verified founding.
SourcePayPal
Founded by Peter Thiel · ex-PayPal
Common questions
How many robotics companies came out of PayPal?
4 verified robotics companies were founded by people who previously worked at PayPal, according to the DEPLOY registry. They include SpaceX, Founders Fund, Neuralink, xAI.
What is a founder-lineage or "diaspora" tree?
It traces where a company's people go next: everyone who held a role at PayPal and then founded their own robotics company. It is built only from verified role and founding records in the DEPLOY registry, so every branch links to the person and the company.
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