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Mar 16, 2020

Postponing Hereticon

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Founders Fund is postponing Hereticon, our inaugural conference for dissident thinking. We’re likely to reschedule for spring 2021, and in the meantime we’re fully refunding everyone who purchased tickets. A few thoughts. We conceived of Hereticon as a way to provide some room for misfits…

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Postponing Hereticon
Postponing Hereticon

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Oct 1, 2019

Hereticon

Founders Fund is hosting a conference for thoughtcrime. Here’s why: From Galileo to Jesus Christ, heretical thinkers have been met with hostility, even death, and vindicated by posterity. That ideological outcasts have shaped the world is an observation so often made it would be bereft of interest were the actions…

History

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HERETICON
HERETICON
History

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Oct 23, 2018

No Innovation Without Representation

Why the technology gap in Congress matters, and what we can do about it — By Trae Stephens and John Luttig While Congressional representation has not historically been demographically “representative” of the United States writ large—by gender, ethnicity, or socioeconomic status—it has adapted its skill set to the prevailing needs of the time. This has served us well throughout history. But today, as we step…

Politics

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No Innovation Without Representation
No Innovation Without Representation
Politics

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May 15, 2018

New World

Listen to Anatomy of Next Season 2, Episode 1 We have never faced a challenge more important than Mars. Beyond our journey to the Red Planet, it will be the transformation of that frozen desert into a water world — covered in forests and teeming with life — or it…

Space

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New World
New World
Space

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Jun 12, 2017

Founders Fund is excited to announce an investment from our FF Angel Fund in HyperTrack

Founders Fund is excited to announce an investment from our FF Angel Fund in HyperTrack. At the surface, you have a seasoned founder having sold his previous company to OpenTable and having also penned the very compelling book, “The Golden Tap”, chronicling the challenges of the Indian technology ecosystem during…

Startup

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Founders Fund is excited to announce an investment from our FF Angel Fund in HyperTrack
Founders Fund is excited to announce an investment from our FF Angel Fund in HyperTrack
Startup

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Sep 8, 2016

My next chapter

My next chapter Today, I’m excited to announce that I’ve joined Founders Fund as a partner. As one of the earliest investors in PayPal, I’ve gotten to know Peter, Ken, and Luke both professionally and personally over the course of many years. …

Startup

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Startup

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Apr 28, 2016

Stemcentrx & Abbvie

Today, we’re excited to announce that Stemcentrx, a company developing disease-specific cancer treatments, will be acquired by AbbVie in a transaction that values the company at up to $10.2 billion. This deal is a part stock, part cash transaction including $4 billion in milestone-based payouts over the next several years…

Startup

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Startup

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Mar 1, 2016

Innovation Deficit: Why DC is Losing Silicon Valley

The government is terrible at building and buying technology. I know it, you know it, and the government knows it. Some of the #ThanksObama crowd will try to make this a partisan issue, but it’s not. Giving credit where credit is due, President Obama noticed the problem when he assumed…

Silicon Valley

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Innovation Deficit: Why DC is Losing Silicon Valley
Innovation Deficit: Why DC is Losing Silicon Valley
Silicon Valley

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Nov 27, 2015

The New Atomic Age We Need

THIS past summer, the Group of 7 nations promised “urgent and concrete action” to limit climate change. What actions exactly? Activists hope for answers from the coming United Nations climate conference in Paris, which begins Monday. They should look instead to Washington today. The single most important action we can…

Climate Change

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The New Atomic Age We Need
The New Atomic Age We Need
Climate Change

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·Sep 8, 2015

Three proven paths for exiting bureaucracy and fixing government through technology

I love the government, which is why I work in tech. I was a senior in high school when 9/11 happened. I made my decision to pursue a job in national security and counterterrorism after graduating from Georgetown. …

Entrepreneurship

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Three proven paths for exiting bureaucracy and fixing government through technology
Three proven paths for exiting bureaucracy and fixing government through technology
Entrepreneurship

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