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11-19-2017, 08:49 AM
Y Combinator cuts ties with Peter Thiel
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Silicon Valley startup accelerator Y Combinator has cut ties with Peter Thiel, BuzzFeed reported (https://www.buzzfeed.com/ryanmac/y-combinator-cuts-ties-with-peter-thiel-ends-part-time?utm_term=.nkVkeQlb2#.fk9Nk4MGK).*
The billionaire PayPal founder joined the accelerator (https://blog.ycombinator.com/welcome-peter/) as a part-time partner in 2015. Since then, he's become better-known (http://mashable.com/2016/05/25/peter-thiel-profile/) outside the tech world for funding the lawsuit that took down Gawker and for his support of Donald Trump.*
SEE ALSO: Silicon Valley is now very happy with the Republican tax reform bills (http://mashable.com/2017/11/13/tax-bill-startups-options/)
Back in 2015, Y Combinator president Sam Altman said he was "delighted" to welcome Thiel and that he was "confident that Peter joining will be great for YC." The blog post (https://blog.ycombinator.com/welcome-peter/) announcing Thiel's start at Y Combinator now bears an editor's note that says, "Peter Thiel is no longer affiliated with Y Combinator."* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/11/18/peter-thiel-y-combinator/)
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Silicon Valley startup accelerator Y Combinator has cut ties with Peter Thiel, BuzzFeed reported (https://www.buzzfeed.com/ryanmac/y-combinator-cuts-ties-with-peter-thiel-ends-part-time?utm_term=.nkVkeQlb2#.fk9Nk4MGK).*
The billionaire PayPal founder joined the accelerator (https://blog.ycombinator.com/welcome-peter/) as a part-time partner in 2015. Since then, he's become better-known (http://mashable.com/2016/05/25/peter-thiel-profile/) outside the tech world for funding the lawsuit that took down Gawker and for his support of Donald Trump.*
SEE ALSO: Silicon Valley is now very happy with the Republican tax reform bills (http://mashable.com/2017/11/13/tax-bill-startups-options/)
Back in 2015, Y Combinator president Sam Altman said he was "delighted" to welcome Thiel and that he was "confident that Peter joining will be great for YC." The blog post (https://blog.ycombinator.com/welcome-peter/) announcing Thiel's start at Y Combinator now bears an editor's note that says, "Peter Thiel is no longer affiliated with Y Combinator."* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/11/18/peter-thiel-y-combinator/)
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