Is Peter Thiel still a Y Combinator partner?

90 pointsvoodoomagicman9y ago10 comments

Peter Thiel became a part time YCombinator partner in march 2015. [1] Thiel will serve as a delegate for Donald Trump and speak at his nominating convention. Among other things, Donald Trump has proposed banning muslim immigration and building a database of muslim americans.

Paul Graham has said that "We just cannot let Donald Trump become president. It would destroy this country." [2]

Sam Altman has said that "To anyone familiar with the history of Germany in the 1930s, it's chilling to watch Trump in action". [3]

[1] https://blog.ycombinator.com/welcome-peter [2] https://twitter.com/paulg/status/727902623597105153 [3] http://blog.samaltman.com/trump

Obviously people with differing political beliefs can put them aside and work together, but these are some unusually strong statements from Graham and Altman. Thiel's participation in YCombinator also raises some troubling issues for potential founders. Are there any Latino or Muslim ycombinator founders? Are they expected to interact with Thiel?

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jpeg_hero9y ago

Interested in getting a statement from sama or pg

MichaelBurge9y ago

Are people really going to go on a witch-hunt looking for Trump supporters now?

sb82449y ago

Does changing "Trump supporters" to "racist bigots" change anything? I think that is the point OP makes. If one fully supports Trump, then another can easily extrapolate that one supports his major positions.

zorpner9y ago

Yes, of course. It's a strong moral imperative to challenge violent bigotry at every opportunity.

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bxb15529y ago

His name is spelled Thiel.

voodoomagicmanOP9y ago

edited to correct spelling

voodoomagicmanOP9y ago

clickable links:

[1] https://blog.ycombinator.com/welcome-peter

[2] https://twitter.com/paulg/status/727902623597105153

[3] http://blog.samaltman.com/trump

gojomo9y ago

Purges suck.

throwaway2747399y ago

If he still is, then that's just sad, pathetic and hurtful.

stonogo9y ago

The difference between Graham/Altman and Thiel is: someone asked Thiel to speak at a political event. Graham and Altman suffer from severe Dunning-Kruger effect, specifically in the realm of politics.

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