Quotes by Peter Thiel

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Peter Andreas Thiel is a German-American entrepreneur, venture capitalist, and conservative political activist. A co-founder of PayPal, Palantir Technologies, and Founders Fund, he was also the first outside investor in Facebook. As of August 2026, Forbes estimated Thiel's net worth at US$32 billion.

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"We wanted flying cars, instead we got 140 characters. Maybe AI is the flying car."

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"People don't want to believe that technology is broken. Pharmaceuticals, robotics, artificial intelligence, nanotechnology - all these areas where the progress has been a lot more limited than people think. And the question is why."

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"AI is a military technology. It is not fundamentally about making things faster or better."

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