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Peter Thiel

Co-founder of PayPal, Palantir. Founders Fund led Hadrian Series C, backs Skild AI, Physical Intelligence, and many robotics/defense companies.

· 1 current role · 1 founding

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Founders Fundverified→
Founder
Founders Fund is a venture capital firm founded by Peter Thiel in 2005, investing in defense, AI, and frontier technology.
PayPalverified→
Former Co-founder
PayPal appears on DEPLOY as a partner, supplier or counterparty of physical AI companies.
Anduril Industriesverified→
Portfolio company · via Founders Fund
American defense-technology company (Costa Mesa, founded 2017 by [Palmer Luckey](/people/palmer-luckey), [Brian Schimpf](/people/brian-schimpf), and others) bui
Series H · $5B9 verified deployments · Anduril Fury (YFQ-44A) at Pickaway County, Ohio, USA →7 models
Cobalt AIverified→
Portfolio company · via Founders Fund
Cobalt AI is a San Francisco-based indoor security robotics company founded in 2016 by Dr.
Series B · $35M2 verified deployments · Cobalt Robot at Willis Tower, Chicago IL →1 model
Hadrianverified→
Portfolio company · via Founders Fund
American advanced manufacturing startup founded by Chris Power in 2021.
Series D · $1.4B2 verified deployments · AI-Powered Machining System at Torrance, CA →1 model
Gecko Roboticsverified→
Portfolio company · via Founders Fund
Wall-climbing Inspection robots for infrastructure.
Growth Round (2025) · $125M1 model
Cognitionverified→
Portfolio company · via Founders Fund
Cognition is an applied AI lab behind Devin, an AI software engineer.
Growth round (Sep 2025) · $400M
Crusoe Energyverified→
Portfolio company · via Founders Fund
Crusoe started in 2018 as a flare-gas-to-bitcoin outfit in the Bakken and pivoted, at speed, into one of the most consequential builders of AI training capacity
Series F · $3.9B

and 11 more physical AI companies Peter is connected to.

Current roles (1)

Founders Fund FounderReported, not verified

Foundings (1)

Founders Fund

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Investor roles (1)

Founders Fund founder(venture)

Former / Previously (1)

PayPal Co-founderSecondary-verified

Sources (1)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Founders_Fund

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Registry pages whose text names Peter Thiel.

Companies (3)

Halter, Panthalassa, Founders Fund

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