Marc Andreessen
In October 2024, Andreessen donated $2.5 million to the pro-Trump Right for America PAC.
Andreessen is co-founder of venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz which is heavily invested in crypto currency, artificial intelligence startups and financial technology firms. Andreessen been heavily involved in shaping the Trump administration and DOGE and said in December 2024 that he was spending “half” his time at Mar-a-Lago to advise Trump on tech and economic policy for his second term
In a private WhatsApp group chat with Trump administration officials and other people in the tech industry, Andreessen attacked immigration and diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) policies on college campuses as “systematically cut[ting] most of the children of the Trump voter base out of […] higher education and corporate America.” Andreessen said universities would “pay the price” for DEI.
Peter Thiel
In his 2014 book Zero to One, declared monarchy to be the best form of government.
Peter Thiel’s wealth primarily stems from early investments in high-growth technology companies, notably PayPal and Facebook, as well as co-founding Palantir Technologies. He also manages investments through his venture capital firm, Founders Fund, which has invested in companies like SpaceX and Airbnb.
Deportation Industrial Complex. Peter Thiel is the co-founder and chairman of Palantir, which has long been the corporate backbone of ICE’s immigrant surveillance and disappearance apparatus. The surveillance tech company, which Thiel owns a $15 billion stake in, provides the agency with key surveillance software to analyze massive amounts of personal data — phone numbers, addresses, financial information, social media profiles — to track and locate their targets. Without Palantir’s technology, ICE would not be able to find, detain, and deport as many people as they currently do.