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Founders Fund
In the AI Economy Index: private
San Francisco venture capital firm co-founded by Peter Thiel that has become a lead or co-lead investor across several of the AI economy's highest-profile private companies, including Anduril, Anthropic and OpenAI.
San Francisco venture capital firm co-founded by Peter Thiel that has become a lead or co-lead investor across several of the AI economy's highest-profile private companies, including Anduril, Anthropic and OpenAI.
Founders Fund deployed its prior $4.6B fund in under a year, largely on outsized checks into Anduril, Anthropic and OpenAI -- a small number of massive, concentrated bets rather than a broad portfolio, reflecting how much capital frontier AI and defense-tech companies now require per round.
Earns management fees and carried interest on the venture funds it raises from its own limited-partner investors.
United States
The money. The backers whose capital is funding the AI buildout. These companies don't build AI technology themselves. They supply the enormous amounts of money it takes to build everything else on this map.
Same-layer peers share an editorial stack classification. That alone does not establish direct competition.
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Connections (5)
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Current relationships (1)
Source: 2026-06-12 · reviewed 2026-09-24
Evidence: Secondary reporting (unconfirmed by primary parties) · Reported operating
Limits: The report does not state Founders Fund's current ownership percentage, how much it has sold, or whether it holds Class A or other shares. Valuation figures quoted in such coverage are estimates, not disclosed holdings.
Founders Fund, Andreessen Horowitz, Valor, and the biggest VC winners from SpaceX's IPO ↗Dated or announced (4)
Source: 2026-02-12 · reviewed 2026-09-21
Evidence: Primary-source statement · Completed funding round, February 2026
Limits: Anthropic's announcement does not disclose individual investors' specific check sizes.
Anthropic raises $30B Series G at $380B post-money valuation ↗Source: 2025-06-05 · reviewed 2026-09-21
Evidence: Secondary reporting (unconfirmed by primary parties) · Completed funding round, June 2025
Limits: Deal-term figures come from press reporting rather than a joint Founders Fund/Anduril statement; Founders Fund's own portfolio page confirms Anduril as a holding but does not disclose amount, date or valuation.
With massive funding round and $31 billion valuation, Anduril is nearing the size of defense industry giants ↗Source: Source undated · reviewed 2026-09-21
Evidence: Primary-source statement · Ongoing portfolio holding, multiple rounds
Limits: The portfolio page does not disclose specific round dates or amounts; per-round detail was not independently verified for this record.
Founders Fund portfolio ↗Source: Source undated · reviewed 2026-09-21
Evidence: Primary-source statement · Ongoing portfolio holding
Limits: The portfolio page does not disclose investment date, amount or current stake size; Founders Fund was an early, well-known Palantir backer but this record does not establish a current ownership percentage.
Founders Fund portfolio ↗Inclusion in this database is not an endorsement of a company or its securities. Nothing here is a recommendation to buy or sell anything, and this is not investment advice. See the disclosures. Data last updated .