The Latest Breaking News from Founders Fund

Rosie's Cancer Came Back After Her AI-Designed Vaccine, and Her Owner Just Raised $4 Million

Rosie's AI-designed mRNA vaccine went viral in March. Her cancer later returned, and her owner's startup launched with Founders Fund backing.

Medical Daily · Aug 19

A dropout living in a trailer, he got $1 million from Peter Thiel at 19—now he's a billionaire who says the American Dream isn't dead

Billionaire Palmer Luckey sold Oculus to Facebook for $2 billion by 21 years old—and says that kind of break “isn’t happening in China.”

Fortune · Aug 18

Citrea's Token (CTR) Now Live on UPbit and Bithumb

GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands, June 9, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Citrea, the Bitcoin application layer backed by Founders Fund and Galaxy Ventures, announced that CTR, its coordination asset for the Bitcoin economy, is now available for trading on UPbit and Bithumb, South Korea's largest cryptocurrency exchanges. UPbit opened CTR/BTC and CTR/USDT…

AAP · Jun 9

The price to pay — This is why 400+ scientists are calling for a halt to mandatory age verification

The internet gets age-gated, changing how we interact with our favorite apps and websites. While the benefits aren't clear yet, we are losing control of our privacy. Here's what's at stake.

TechRadar · Mar 6

Fund Manager Mike Alves Backing Tomorrow's Defining Companies from OpenAI, SpaceX

VIDA Vision Fund Manager Mike Alves is backing transformative companies including SpaceX, xAI, and Figure AI, building a concentrated portfolio focused on AI, space commercialization, and next-generation financial infrastructure.

International Business Times · Feb 24

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.

PC Gamer · Feb 13

Kleiner Perkins’s Leigh Marie Braswell learned about risk from playing poker: “If the odds are in your favor, you push your chips to the center”

She was an early employee at Alexandr Wang’s Scale AI. Now, she’s writing checks to some of the buzziest AI startups around.

Fortune · Feb 4

An inside look at Ramp’s eye-popping $22.5 billion valuation

How Eric Glyman and Karim Atiyeh built the world’s hottest fintech startup.

Fortune · Sep 9, 2025

Saquon Barkley's Winning Investments Include Bitcoin, Polymarket, Anduril & Neuralink: Why NFL Star Has Turned To Equity

NFL star Saquon Barkley won a Super Bowl and the Offensive MVP award last season, which came after making a move from the New York Giants to Philadelphia Eagles. Along with success on the field, Barkley is winning off the field with his investment strategy.

Benzinga · Sep 4, 2025

Exclusive: Fintech startup Ramp hits $1 billion in annualized revenue after notching $22.5 billion valuation

The six-year-old company is rebuilding corporate credit cards and expense reports with funding from Founders Fund, Iconiq, and Khosla Ventures.

Fortune · Sep 4, 2025