Going back to church today!
Gunnar
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From: Gunnar Larson
Date: Wed, Jul 24, 2024, 5:33 AM
Subject: Fwd: Must Read: The growing bond between Trae Stephens and Peter
Thiel
To: cypherpunks
Going to church today!
Gunnar Larson
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From: Gunnar Larson
Date: Sat, Jul 13, 2024, 10:45 PM
Subject: Fwd: Must Read: The growing bond between Trae Stephens and Peter
Thiel
To: cypherpunks
The timing of this seems odd to me.
Gunnar
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From a big bet to a powerful sermon — the choices that catapulted Trae
Stephens into Peter Thiel’s inner circle stand out in Silicon Valley.
*Natasha Mascarenhas tracks the story*
https://www.theinformation.com/articles/the-rise-of-founders-funds-faithful-warrior?offer=editors-pick-2024&cio_link_id=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__58ea1da486f9edbeba4af109cca7efe87a3af08425dda216c31744a3315daecb&utm_campaign=Founders+Fund+%5BLEADS&utm_content=4664&utm_medium=email&utm_source=cio&utm_term=3144
of
Founders Fund’s Faithful Warrior, Trae Stephens. In a church in San
Francisco last June, he preached to nearly 300 people on the ties between
Christianity and innovation. While it’s not what made him a rising star,
the rarity of his story makes it worth studying.
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From: Matthew McSwain
Date: Sat, Jul 13, 2024, 4:26 PM
Subject: Must Read: The growing bond between Trae Stephens and Peter Thiel
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From a big bet to a powerful sermon — the choices that catapulted Trae
Stephens into Peter Thiel’s inner circle stand out in Silicon Valley.
Greetings, From a big bet to a powerful sermon — the choices that
catapulted Trae Stephens into Peter Thiel’s inner circle stand out in
Silicon Valley. Natasha Mascarenhas tracks the story of Founders Fund’s
Faithful Warrior, Trae Stephens. In a church in San Francisco last June, he
pre...
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Greetings,
From a big bet to a powerful sermon — the choices that catapulted Trae
Stephens into Peter Thiel’s inner circle stand out in Silicon Valley.
*Natasha Mascarenhas tracks the story*
https://www.theinformation.com/articles/the-rise-of-founders-funds-faithful-warrior?offer=editors-pick-2024&cio_link_id=eyJlbWFpbF9pZCI6ImRnU2kwUVlEQU8yWGxBSHNsNVFCQVpDdHZJR2IxWmVzZjYyaXcydjg3UT09IiwiaHJlZiI6Imh0dHBzOi8vd3d3LnRoZWluZm9ybWF0aW9uLmNvbS9hcnRpY2xlcy90aGUtcmlzZS1vZi1mb3VuZGVycy1mdW5kcy1mYWl0aGZ1bC13YXJyaW9yP29mZmVyPWVkaXRvcnMtcGljay0yMDI0XHUwMDI2Y2lvX2xpbmtfaWQ9Q0lPLS1MSU5LSURcdTAwMjZ1dG1fY2FtcGFpZ249Rm91bmRlcnMrRnVuZCslNUJMRUFEU1x1MDAyNnV0bV9jb250ZW50PTQ2NjRcdTAwMjZ1dG1fbWVkaXVtPWVtYWlsXHUwMDI2dXRtX3NvdXJjZT1jaW9cdTAwMjZ1dG1fdGVybT0zMTQ0IiwiaW50ZXJuYWwiOiJhMmQxMDY1MGVjZDkwMWVkOTc5NDAxIiwibGlua19pZCI6MjE1ODh9__58ea1da486f9edbeba4af109cca7efe87a3af08425dda216c31744a3315daecb&utm_campaign=Founders+Fund+%5BLEADS&utm_content=4664&utm_medium=email&utm_source=cio&utm_term=3144
of Founders Fund’s Faithful Warrior, Trae Stephens. In a church in San
Francisco last June, he preached to nearly 300 people on the ties between
Christianity and innovation. While it’s not what made him a rising star,
the rarity of his story makes it worth studying.
See the personalities behind the bets,
Matthew
https://www.theinformation.com/articles/the-rise-of-founders-funds-faithful-warrior?offer=editors-pick-2024,editors-pick-2024&cio_link_id=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__be805c9a1fc8c0c467f6b6797cbb00305aa6829eb869151091703b45e255fa2a&utm_campaign=Founders+Fund+%5BLEADS&utm_content=4664&utm_medium=email&utm_source=cio&utm_term=3144
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The Rise of Founders Fund’s Faithful Warrior
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In late June, roughly 300 people—many of them founders, venture capitalists
and other techies—piled into a windowless room on a Thursday night in a
church in downtown San Francisco. Some were at Epic Church San Francisco to
worship, while others privately admitted they were angling for an
introduction to one of the people preaching that evening: Trae Stephens, a
general partner at Founders Fund and co-founder of Anduril, a maker of
high-tech defense machinery and weapons.
Dressed in black except for a pair of brown Nike Jordans, Stephens, 40,
riffed on the ties between Christianity and innovation and urged founders
in the audience to think about faith when deciding where to put their time
and mind. “Are our tech pursuits and ambitions awakening a Balrog?”
Stephens said, referring to a demonic character in “The Lord of the Rings.”
“Or are they a call to participation in humanity’s redemption?”
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