10 Facts About Thiel Fellowship

1. On November 7, 2009, Thiel Fellowship was awarded an honorary degree from Universidad Francisco Marroquin.

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2. In 2010, Thiel Fellowship supported Meg Whitman in her unsuccessful bid for the governorship of California.

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3. In July 2012, Thiel Fellowship made a $1 million donation to the Club for Growth, a fiscally conservative 50(4) organization, becoming the group's largest contributor.

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4. In 2011, Thiel Fellowship made a NZ$1 million donation to an appeal fund for the casualties of the Christchurch earthquake.

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5. In September 2006, Thiel Fellowship announced that he would donate $3.5 million to foster anti-aging research through the nonprofit Methuselah Mouse Prize foundation.

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6. In December 2015, it was announced that Thiel Fellowship was one of the financial backers of OpenAI, a nonprofit company aimed at the safe development of artificial general intelligence.

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7. In 2006, Thiel Fellowship provided $100,000 of matching funds to back the Singularity Challenge donation drive of the Singularity Institute for Artificial Intelligence, a nonprofit organization that promotes the development of artificial intelligence.

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8. In March 2015, it was announced that Thiel Fellowship joined Y Combinator as one of 10 part-time partners.

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9. In 2005, Thiel Fellowship created Founders Fund, a San Francisco-based venture capital fund.

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10. In May 2003, Thiel Fellowship incorporated Palantir Technologies, a big data analysis company named after the Tolkien artifact, and continues to serve as its chairman as of 2018.

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