Tag: Peter Thiel
What does Peter Thiel want? – An approximation
Good morning dear readers, Peter Thiel is many things at the same time: a prodigy of the technology scene and a right-wing libertarian ideologue. Also a celebrated businessman with a…
Tech crisis hits Silicon Valley Bank – share collapses by 60 percent
san francisco The Silicon Valley Bank is considered an important financier for start-ups in the early stages. (Photo: AP) It was the worst trading day in the history of the…
105 Drones for War – Quantum Systems with an order worth millions
reconnaissance drone Barely visible in the sky, Ukraine has ordered another 105 Vector drones from Quantum Systems to reconnoiter Russian positions. (Photo: Quantum Systems) Berlin The Munich drone start-up Quantum…
Crypto company Blockfi files for bankruptcy – investor Peter Thiel also affected
Logo of the crypto company Blockfi The start-up based in Jersey City not far from New York is a so-called crypto lender. The bankruptcy of the crypto exchange FTX now…
Crypto company Blockfi files for bankruptcy – investor Peter Thiel also affected
Logo of the crypto company Blockfi The start-up based in Jersey City not far from New York is a so-called crypto lender. The bankruptcy of the crypto exchange FTX now…
Midterms 2022: Biden, Trump, Pelosi
Joe Biden in conversation with students The US President will be 80 on November 20 – that is not unusual in American politics. But can he still understand the worries…
Three nuclear reactors, two ministers, a helpless chancellor
Good morning, dear readers, Resolutions at party conferences of the Greens have much less potential for tolerance than in other political formations. If you don’t comply, you lose your job.…
Munich drone company receives Thiel-Invest after Ukraine mission
Dusseldorf German-American billionaire Peter Thiel and Berlin-based venture capitalist Project A are investing in drone company Quantum Systems. It is a deal that promises the Munich start-up access to US…
How monopolies siphon off our wealth
sharks The big eat the small: this is how the modern market works. The big corporations have more and more power, but small companies have little chance. Global monopolies are…
How monopolies siphon off our wealth
sharks The big eat the small: this is how the modern market works. The big corporations have more and more power, but small companies have little chance. Global monopolies are…
Gas, oil, supply chains – how global monopolies siphon off our prosperity
sharks The big eat the small: this is how the modern market works. The big corporations have more and more power, but small companies have little chance. Global monopolies are…
Gas, oil, supply chains – how global monopolies siphon off our prosperity
sharks The big eat the small: this is how the modern market works. The big corporations have more and more power, but small companies have little chance. Global monopolies are…
Scholz lives with the “Ricola” strategy
When the traffic light coalition meets today in Meseberg Castle for its first closed conference, media criticism will play a role. After all, conference leader Olaf Scholz tried to catch…
Peter Thiel shoots against Warren Buffett
Tech investor Peter Thiel in Miami The tech investor presents himself as a representative of a “revolutionary youth movement”. (Photo: AP) Frankfurt Of course, one could simply shake one’s head…
Peter Thiel berates Buffett, Dimon and Fink: Damage to Bitcoin
Peter Thiel The German-born investor speaks at the “Bitcoin 2022” in Miami. (Photo: Bloomberg) new York Billionaire tech investor Peter Thiel is known for his controversial opinions. At the “Bitcoin…
Peter Thiel berates Buffett, Dimon and Fink: Damage to Bitcoin
Peter Thiel The German-born investor speaks at the “Bitcoin 2022” in Miami. (Photo: Bloomberg) new York Billionaire tech investor Peter Thiel is known for his controversial opinions. At the “Bitcoin…
Literature Utopias: how to realize them
Dusseldorf A look at the recent present is sobering. War in Ukraine: Countless people die every day. Climate: Storms sweep through the country, the consequences of the flood in the…
Software can be used as a weapon
san francisco Alex Karp rarely goes public. Only a handful of media outlets have interviewed him, and he doesn’t usually even speak at his company’s investor conferences. Now, on Monday,…
Neal Stephenson on Tech & the Metaverse
Neal Stephenson The author coined the term metaverse 30 years ago in his cult book “Snow Crash”. (Photo: Shutterstock) San Francisco Bay Area The science fiction author Neal Stephenson coined…
Peter Thiel and politics: The venture capitalists are coming
New York, San Francisco venture capital and politics. Actually, this combination is rarely found in the USA. But that could soon change with the midterm elections in the United States.…