Founders Fund

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Venture capital firm

San Francisco, California, United States

Data Confidence: 81% · Sources: 4 · Last Updated: Sep 18, 2026

Net Worth ▲: $20.0B
Reach ▲: 2.5B people
Power ▲: Founders Fund manages over $20 billion in assets and holds significant equity stakes and board leadership across high-impact defense, space, and AI contractors such as SpaceX, Palantir, and Anduril Industries. Power Level: Continental.
Influence ▲: The firm shapes venture capital funding norms through massive, concentrated investments into non-traditional venture areas like dual-use defense hardware, commercial space travel, and brain-computer interfaces. Influence Level: Continental.
Network ▲: Deeply linked to the 'PayPal Mafia' and Silicon Valley's top leadership, the firm maintains direct co-investment networks with figures like Elon Musk and top executives at OpenAI, Stripe, and Ramp. Network Level: Continental.
Legacy ▲: Founders Fund pioneered modern venture investment in national security and deep technology, transforming how Silicon Valley capital is deployed into hard science, space, and defense infrastructure.
Trajectory ▲: Rising ↑ — gaining power relative to the last assessment.

Power Trajectory

Tracked on ApexHierarchy since first profiled — not the entity's full real-world history.

Sep 2, 2026Sep 3, 2026

About

Founders Fund is a San Francisco-based venture capital firm founded in 2005 by Peter Thiel, Ken Howery, and Luke Nosek. Managing over $20 billion in total assets, the firm specializes in high-conviction investments across frontier technology sectors including artificial intelligence, defense tech, aerospace, biotech, and fintech. Known for backing audacious founders, Founders Fund was the first institutional investor in SpaceX and Palantir Technologies, and an early investor in Facebook, Airbnb, Stripe, Spotify, and Anduril Industries.