Founders Fund

3 statements across 3 episodes · 1 bullish · 1 bearish · 3 people on the record · first statement Feb 8, 2024 by Mike Solana · said 26 times in 5 episodes since 2021 · across every show →

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brought up most by Joe Lonsdale (20), Eric Scott (3), Scott Nolan (1), Peter Thiel (1), Mike Solana (1)

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Feb 8, 2024
Assertion Supported
Solana: Scott Nolan and I distilled Thiel's Stanford class into 'Zero to One'
“Scott, Scott Nolan and I at Founders Fund, we, he had just started around that time as well, it was like, 13 years ago. We came on to build out his class at Stanford, called CS-Intyre, that would ultimately become his book, Zero to one. So all of that informat…”
Mike Solana Feb 8, 2024 ▶ 14:28 Ep 77: Mike Solana on Exposing Corruption, Saving San Francisco, and Building a New Media Empire · Joe Lonsdale
Apr 17, 2025 negative
Disclosure
Thiel: EdTech and healthcare IT yielded Founders Fund's worst software returns
“The two worst areas are educational software related companies and healthcare IT companies.”
Peter Thiel Apr 17, 2025 ▶ 17:36 Tariffs, DOGE & Fixing America: Peter Thiel's Skeptic Solutions · Joe Lonsdale
May 22, 2026 bullish
Opinion
Scott: Anthropic, Anduril, and SpaceX will be generation-defining companies
“Anthropic and Anduril and SpaceX. These are phenomenal companies. They will be generation defining companies, and it is a good strategy to give money to ATVC and Founders Fund and Thrive to invest in these companies.”
Eric Scott May 22, 2026 ▶ 16:55 AI Investing Strategy for 2026 · Joe Lonsdale
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