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Peter Thiel

Peter Thiel is an entrepreneur and venture capitalist who co-founded PayPal and Palantir Technologies and founded Founders Fund.

673 claims collected, 107 researched, 55 resolved. Report of 30 October 2026, method 0.1.0+3e03e2df.

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Each kind of claim is scored on its own, out of 100: the share that held up, with the range it likely falls in. Fewer resolved claims give a wider range.

  • Factual claims

    Statements about the present or the past, checked against the record: did they hold up?

    71 64 78

    Medium confidence, 55 factual claims resolved. From 11 documents, 2007 to 2026; 15 documents sampled from 29 candidates found.

    Not scored: 24 unresolvable, 1 checkable only against their own records.

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  • Predictions

    Statements about events outside the person's control, checked once they fell due: did they come true?

    Insufficient record: 0 predictions resolved, 5 needed for a score.

    Not scored: 23 unresolvable. 4 more fall due later.

    Does not yet allow for how likely each prediction was when made.

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All types combined: 71 (likely 64 to 78, medium confidence), from 55 claims: 55 factual claims. It mixes kinds of claim in different proportions for different people, so compare people kind by kind.

Peter Thiel's claims

27 claims

27 claims, sorted by newest said. Choose a claim to read it in full.
VerdictKindSaidClaimTopic
Not yet due Prediction 25 Sep 2026 Thiel said he thinks Javier Milei will be reelected because people understand the stakes. Prediction · 25 Sep 2026 Other
Unresolvable Prediction 25 Sep 2026 Thiel expects that, without progress, extreme parties on the right and left will keep gaining ground. Prediction · 25 Sep 2026 Philosophy, ethics and society
Not yet due Prediction 25 Sep 2026 Thiel put the chance of a democratic socialist winning the 2028 election at perhaps 50 percent. Prediction · 25 Sep 2026 Other
Unresolvable Prediction 25 Sep 2026 AI may turn out to be bigger than the internet in its economic impact. Prediction · 25 Sep 2026 AI, the economy and work
Unresolvable Prediction 25 Sep 2026 Friedrich Merz may remain in office because others do not think they can do better. Prediction · 25 Sep 2026 Other
Unresolvable Prediction 25 Sep 2026 In theory, AI could be slowed through deep worldwide cooperation, but that would require a world government with real power. Prediction · 25 Sep 2026 AI policy and governance
Unresolvable Prediction 2026 Thiel said that in theory AI could be slowed with genuine, deep cooperation across the whole world, but that he thinks this would require something like a one world government with real teeth and real force. Prediction · 2026 AI policy and governance
Not yet due Prediction Apr 2024 AI models will be able to solve all US Math Olympiad problems within three to five years, as people told Thiel. Prediction · Apr 2024 AI capabilities
Unresolvable Prediction Apr 2024 Thiel said his intuition was that AI would seem much worse for math-oriented people than for verbal (word) people. Prediction · Apr 2024 AI, the economy and work
Unresolvable Prediction 9 Nov 2022 Something like a "crazed socialist thing ala Bernie Sanders or AOC" is dead on arrival within the Democratic Party. Prediction · 9 Nov 2022 Other
Unresolvable Prediction 9 Nov 2022 Without economic growth, the US will not solve political polarization, nihilism and anger. Prediction · 9 Nov 2022 Philosophy, ethics and society
Unresolvable Prediction 9 Nov 2022 In what he called a speculative prediction, Thiel said the California approach would beat everything within the Democratic Party but would be found shockingly wanting when it reached the country as a whole. Prediction · 9 Nov 2022 Other
Unresolvable Prediction 9 Nov 2022 The US response to China will be helped by China going completely berserk internally. Prediction · 9 Nov 2022 Other
Unresolvable Prediction 9 Nov 2022 Thiel suggested that, perhaps for structural reasons, once China's economy grows at only 3 or 4% a year with uneven growth, China will become more authoritarian and more totalitarian, "something like that". Prediction · 9 Nov 2022 Other
Unresolvable Prediction 9 Nov 2022 The people Thiel was referring to as "they" would be the first millennial Republican senators. Prediction · 9 Nov 2022 Other
Unresolvable Prediction 9 Nov 2022 Thiel said "we", a group he compared to the Rebel Alliance, will have a vigorous debate over the next few years to figure out the answers. Prediction · 9 Nov 2022 Other
Unresolvable Prediction 9 Nov 2022 Thiel said that, if "it" is not enough for the Democrats, it is probably enough for the Republicans to win the 2024 presidential election; the excerpt does not say what "it" refers to. Prediction · 9 Nov 2022 Other
Unresolvable Prediction 7 Feb 2020 Peter Thiel predicts that returns to ideas will be positive and greater than at any time in the last 50 years. Prediction · 7 Feb 2020 Economics and markets
Unresolvable Prediction 7 Feb 2020 The strategic balance between the US and China will stay very even for a really long time. Prediction · 7 Feb 2020 Other global risks
Unresolvable Prediction 15 Jun 2012 There is a compelling case that extraordinary or accelerated technological progress will very likely occur in the decades ahead. Prediction · 15 Jun 2012 Technology
Not yet due Prediction 13 Apr 2009 The libertarian future of classic science fiction, as in Heinlein, will not happen before the second half of the 21st century. Prediction · 13 Apr 2009 Other global risks
Unresolvable Prediction 13 Apr 2009 Enough people will live on seasteads (settlements on the oceans). Prediction · 13 Apr 2009 Other
Unresolvable Prediction 2007 The cumulative decisions made in close cases between violence and peace may determine the destiny of the postmodern world. Prediction · 2007 Philosophy, ethics and society
Unresolvable Prediction 2007 The modern age will not be permanent and will ultimately give way to something very different. Prediction · 2007 Philosophy, ethics and society
Unresolvable Prediction 2007 In the long run, power and prosperity may go to those who follow Locke's capitalist rules, leaving religious fanatics without the wealth and technology to threaten the nonreligious West. Prediction · 2007 Philosophy, ethics and society
Unresolvable Prediction 2007 One day all will be revealed, all injustices exposed, and perpetrators held to account. Prediction · 2007 Philosophy, ethics and society
Unresolvable Prediction 2007 The postmodern world could differ from the modern world in a way that is much worse or much better. Prediction · 2007 Philosophy, ethics and society
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Peter Thiel

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Prediction Other Political

“I still think he will be reelected because people understand the stakes.”

Peter Thiel, interviewee 25 September 2026 Peter Thiel interview: AI, Europe, Trump, democracy and longevity (Hvylya)

Thiel said he thinks Javier Milei will be reelected because people understand the stakes.

Not yet due The date it refers to has not come.

Reasoning

Milei's next election is scheduled for 2027, so reelection can't be known yet.

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Peter Thiel, “Thiel said he thinks Javier Milei will be reelected because people understand the stakes.” (said 25 September 2026). Verdict: not yet due. Reliability API, claim c_16ce0726bf2b, method 0.1.0+3e03e2df. https://epistacklabs.com/claims/c_16ce0726bf2b

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