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Thiel Fellowship

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Thiel Fellowship

@thielfellowship

Founded by technology entrepreneur and investor Peter Thiel in 2011, the Thiel Fellowship is a two-year program for young people who want to build new things.

Joined July 2009

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Apr 21
Welcome 2026 Thiel Fellows! WHO ARE THEY? Victor Boyd: Birmingham, AL - @VictorWBoyd Cavalla is on a mission to get anything anywhere in under 5 hours. Starting by building autonomous forklifts, through to developing hypersonic highways. Samuel Carvalho: Recife, Brazil -
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Dec 30, 2020
In 2011, we gave talented young people $100k to work on something cool instead of attending college. Larry Summers called it “the most misdirected piece of philanthropy” ever.
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Dec 30, 2020
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10 years and 226 Fellows later, Thiel Fellowship projects and companies are worth $70 billion and 99% say they learned more during their Fellowship than they would have in a classroom.
Thiel Foundation Announces 2020 Thiel Fellows
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Thiel Fellowship
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May 22, 2025
Welcome 2025 Thiel Fellows! WHO ARE THEY? Ferdinand Dabitz, Berlin, Germany - @FerdiDabitz Ivy is building the world trade bank — a global instant payments platform. Jackson Denka, Los Angeles, CA - @jacksondenka Azura is a trading platform that utilizes on-chain rails to
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Mar 21, 2024
THE THIEL FELLOWSHIP IN 2024 "Today's universities are as corrupt as the medieval Catholic Church. The Reformation is underway." - Peter Thiel This year’s class understands the importance of the present moment. They reject the well-worn paths of red tape, digital distractions,
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Mar 21, 2024
Welcome to the Fellowship!
Thiel Foundation Announces Next Thiel Fellow Class
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Feb 9, 2023
Congratulations to our newest class of Thiel Fellows!
Thiel Foundation Announces Next Thiel Fellow Class
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Jan 6, 2022
Congratulations to our newest class of Thiel Fellows!
Thiel Foundation Announces Next Thiel Fellow Class
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Jun 23, 2021
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Thiel Fellowship
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Jun 22, 2018
Welcome 2018 Thiel Fellows! businesswire.com/news/home/2018…
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May 22, 2025
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Thiel Foundation Announces 2025 Class of Thiel Fellows
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May 22, 2025
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SOME IDEAS CAN'T WAIT. Apply for the fellowship today. thielfellowship.org/apply
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Dec 30, 2020
Applications for 2021 are open now! thielfellowship.org
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Aug 26, 2020
Congrats @iddris for being featured in this video!