Y Combinator Cuts Ties with Peter Thiel After Ending Part-Time Partner Program
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Re: Y Combinator Cuts Ties with Peter Thiel After Ending Part-Time Partner Program
#2Rumors are swirling that Thiel is gearing up for economic/regulatory war on silicon valley.
So I can't say this is surprising but I find it all extremely confusing.
EDIT: Mostly rumors I hear from happy hours with some politicos in DC. Sorry, its just meat space rumors.
Re: Y Combinator Cuts Ties with Peter Thiel After Ending Part-Time Partner Program
#3Rumors are swirling that Thiel is gearing up for economic/regulatory war on silicon valley. So I can't say this is surprising but I find it all extremely confusing. EDIT: Mostly rumors I hear from happy hours with some politicos in DC. Sorry, its just meat space rumors.
What would he have to gain from such a war?
Re: Y Combinator Cuts Ties with Peter Thiel After Ending Part-Time Partner Program
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#5Can anyone provide context to this? Sam has been on record saying that he wouldn't cut Thiel solely for political affiliations. Was there another reason?
Re: Y Combinator Cuts Ties with Peter Thiel After Ending Part-Time Partner Program
#6Rumors are swirling that Thiel is gearing up for economic/regulatory war on silicon valley. So I can't say this is surprising but I find it all extremely confusing. EDIT: Mostly rumors I hear from happy hours with some politicos in DC. Sorry, its just meat space rumors.
What kind of rumors? Any links or anything that would give some context?
Re: Y Combinator Cuts Ties with Peter Thiel After Ending Part-Time Partner Program
#7Rumors are swirling that Thiel is gearing up for economic/regulatory war on silicon valley. So I can't say this is surprising but I find it all extremely confusing. EDIT: Mostly rumors I hear from happy hours with some politicos in DC. Sorry, its just meat space rumors.
What would he have to gain from such a war?
The ones who profit the most from more regulations are usually the big existing players (in the case of general regulations). He has a lot of investments in big players, so the motive would be good old monetary gain. In the case of more specialized regulations targeting single players can be used to take out the competition (e.g. hurting Google might be good for his stake in Facebook).
Re: Y Combinator Cuts Ties with Peter Thiel After Ending Part-Time Partner Program
#8Rumors are swirling that Thiel is gearing up for economic/regulatory war on silicon valley. So I can't say this is surprising but I find it all extremely confusing. EDIT: Mostly rumors I hear from happy hours with some politicos in DC. Sorry, its just meat space rumors.
What does this mean?
Re: Y Combinator Cuts Ties with Peter Thiel After Ending Part-Time Partner Program
#9Rumors are swirling that Thiel is gearing up for economic/regulatory war on silicon valley. So I can't say this is surprising but I find it all extremely confusing. EDIT: Mostly rumors I hear from happy hours with some politicos in DC. Sorry, its just meat space rumors.
What would he have to gain from such a war?
Regulatory lock for both Palantir and Facebook. Regulations can be very good for large businesses as they erect enormous barriers to entry into certain spaces that only established companies can hope to surmount.
Re: Y Combinator Cuts Ties with Peter Thiel After Ending Part-Time Partner Program
#10Can we save ourselves a really long, pointless political argument?
They ended the entire part-time-partner program, and transitioned some of the part-timers to advisor roles. Thiel is one of multiple part-timers not to become an advisor.
You are not going to get an answer, or more "context", from YC about the political implications of this change. No matter how many times you ask and how carefully you word the questions, you're not going to pry loose any first-hand drama from this situation.
I'm happy Thiel's no longer involved with YC. I'm disappointed that it took this long, but we can't always get what we want. There are people here that disagree with me on both those things. We all knew that about each other. We probably don't need to beat it to death.