Founders Fund
Discord is testing age verification with Persona, a vendor backed by Peter Thiel's Founders Fund, raising privacy concerns due to its ties to Palantir. Meanwhile, Anthropic, a major AI company, is nearing a $20 billion funding round with Founders Fund as a lead investor.
About Founders Fund
Founders Fund is a venture capital firm focused on technology startups.
Insights
- Founders Fund sentiment is up 63.41% from the previous week.
- Founders Fund creators is up 44.13% from the previous week.
- Founders Fund engagements is up 250.75% from the previous week.
- Founders Fund mentions is up 49.09% from the previous week.
- Founders Fund posts created is up 211.32% from the previous week.
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[--] Year: [----------] +109%
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[--] Year: [------] +109%
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[---] unique social accounts have posts mentioning Founders Fund in the last [--] hours which is down 21% from [---] in the previous [--] hours
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The most influential creators that mention Founders Fund in the last [--] hours
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| @y_cryptoanalyst | [--] | [------] | [--] | [---] |
| @tunemusicalmoments | [--] | [---------] | [--] | [---] |
| @kjtwall1990 | [--] | [---] | [--] | [---] |
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| @justspaceonline | [--] | [---] | [--] | [---] |
Sentiment: 74%
Sentiment 24-Hour Time-Series Raw Data
Current Value: 74%
Daily Average: 86%
[--] Week: 67% +26%
[--] Month: 69% -14%
[--] Months: 69% +16%
[--] Year: 69% -21%
1-Year High: 99% on 2025-05-25
1-Year Low: 3% on 2025-06-02
Most Supportive Themes:
- AI and AGI Investments: (40%) Founders Fund is actively investing in Artificial Intelligence and Artificial General Intelligence projects, indicating a strong belief in the future of AI.
- Blockchain and Crypto Ventures: (35%) The firm is a significant backer of various blockchain and cryptocurrency startups, highlighting their commitment to the digital asset space.
- Semiconductor Innovation: (15%) Founders Fund is investing in companies aiming to disrupt the semiconductor industry, showcasing their interest in cutting-edge hardware.
Most Critical Themes:
- Regulatory Scrutiny and Legal Challenges: (5%) Some posts suggest potential legal entanglements and scrutiny related to Founders Fund's investments and business practices.
- Market Volatility and Investment Risk: (5%) Discussions around specific investments, like Polymarket and Plasma, touch upon the inherent risks and volatility within the venture capital and crypto markets.
Top Founders Fund News
Top news links shared on social in the last [--] hours
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"Oh good: Discord's age verification rollout has ties to Palantir co-founder and panopticon architect Peter Thiel Discord is "experimenting" with an age authentication vendor whose major investors include Thiel's Founders Fund"
News Link @MSN 2026-02-14T22:56Z 187.9K followers, [----] engagements
"Founders Fund D.E. Shaw Among Lead Investors in Anthropic Deal - Bloomberg Anthropic is nearing the completion of a deal to raise more than $20 billion in a funding round co-led by investors including Peter Thiels Founders Fund D.E. Shaw & Co. and Dragoneer Investment Group according to people familiar with the matter adding to the artificial intelligence companys roster of backers in one of the largest startup funding rounds ever"
News Link @business 2026-02-12T01:14Z 9.8M followers, 153.2K engagements
"Former Founders Fund VC Sam Blond launches AI sales startup to upend Salesforce TechCrunch The startup Monaco has come out of stealth as an AI-native all-in-one CRM plus more system backed by names like the Collison brothers and Garry Tan"
News Link @TechCrunch 2026-02-11T16:04Z 9.7M followers, 61.3K engagements
Top Founders Fund Social Posts
Top posts by engagements in the last [--] hours
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"There's a new group of global elites running the world odds are you know most of them too. They're called the 'PayPal Mafia.' These are all founding members of the PayPal team that went on to CONSISTENTLY form billion dollar businesses. Elon Musk - SpaceX Tesla X Grok and more. Peter Thiel - Palantir first investor in Facebook Clavicular Founders Fund Reid Hoffman - LinkedIn Max Levchin - Affirm David Sacks - Yammer (acquired by Microsoft) and White House 'AI and Crypto Tzar' Roelof Both - Sequoia Capital Chad Hurley - YouTube Steve Chen - YouTube There's a few others unnamed that are all"
X Link @camolNFT 2026-02-16T17:34Z 70K followers, [----] engagements
"Vintage really matters. [----] kickoff vintage had early companies primed for VCs sitting at home in [----] investing gobs of $s. For the most part that capital drowned those early companies who hadnt yet figured out product market fit and thought the 💰 would do it for them. Thats always an awful mistake. Founders Fund and a16z returns over time. Both firms obviously have had incredible success. My big takeaway from this is how important the vintage year and overall environment for venture was for these Tier 1s. Net TVPI for the equivalent vintage year is pretty close between"
X Link @dafrankel 2026-02-16T11:45Z 36.5K followers, [----] engagements
"Bonus : Le risque vrification dge (comme dans le post @justabreach) Cest rel et document : - Persona (solution de vrification biomtrique dge) est finance par Peter Thiel (cofondateur de Palantir) via Founders Fund et dautres fonds. - Utilise par : - Discord (test UK + rollout mondial prvu mars 2026). - Reddit (surtout UK). - Roblox (scan facial obligatoire depuis dbut 2026). - Aussi LinkedIn DoorDash etc. - Des selfies pices didentit et donnes biomtriques de millions dutilisateurs (dont mineurs) transitent par Persona. Sources : - Open Rights Group Kotaku PC Gamer Reddit discussions (fv."
X Link @undefined 2026-02-16T10:15Z [----] followers, [----] engagements
"Lo coment ya el otro da y tengo pendiente hacer un artculo o un episodio del podcast desgranando todo con datos. Creis que Anthropic va camino de convertirse en una commodity para que usis Claude. Eso es absolutamente superficial. Desde [----] Google invirti $2.000 millones Amazon $8.000 millones y recientemente Founders Fund de Thiel co-lider una ronda de $30.000 millones. En julio Creis que Anthropic va camino de convertirse en una commodity para que usis Claude. Eso es absolutamente superficial. Desde [----] Google invirti $2.000 millones Amazon $8.000 millones y recientemente Founders Fund de"
X Link @root_rat 2026-02-16T10:10Z 12K followers, [----] engagements
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