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Peter Thiel (Contextual)
Silicon Valley financier whose early capital catalyzed modern AI startups and safety concerns.
Organizations
Founders FundPalantirMachine Intelligence Research Institute (MIRI)
Major Achievements
- •Provided critical early funding to Eliezer Yudkowsky's Singularity Institute (now MIRI) in 2006, legitimizing early AI safety discussions.
- •An original board member and primary initial funder of OpenAI in 2015.
- •Founded Palantir (2003), aggressively proving the highly lucrative intersection of big data, AI, and national security.