Peter Thiel

The CIA’s Latest Investment: Robot Writers

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I’ve covered the CIA’s venture capital arm, In-Q-Tel, before (yes the CIA has a venture capital arm.  In that instance, I raised concerns about Palantir, a company started by Peter Theil in 2004 and in which I-Q-Tel was an early investor. The post was titled:  Is Peter Thiel Assisting the Government in the Creation of … Read more

Is Peter Thiel Assisting the Government in the Creation of an Authoritarian State?

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Peter Thiel, co-founder of Paypal and early investor in Facebook, markets himself as a libertarian and Ron Paul supporter; however, do his actions back up such claims?  I  I read a very disturbing article last evening about Palantir, a company less people in America and the world would have heard about, but which was founded … Read more