The Founders Fund is a venture capital firm investing in a wide variety of companies developing technologies and businesses in aerospace & transportation, biotechnology & health, advanced machines & artificial intelligence, energy, analytics & software, consumer internet & media. Peter Thiel, Ken Howry, and Luke Nosek founded the Founders Fund in 2005, and the firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California. Notable investments made by the Founders Fund include: Airbnb, Lyft, Spotify, Facebook, ZocDoc, Palantir Technologies, and SpaceX.
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Bloomberg - Are you a robot?
Brandon Kochkodin , Jen Skerritt , and Craig Giammona
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In-car commerce startup Cargo raises $22 million led by Founders Fund
Kristen Korosec
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Varda Space Industries
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