What Peter Thiel has said about Effective altruism
1 quote · 1 episode · Oct 22, 2026
Peter Thiel, Investor and author of Zero to One, has been quoted on Effective altruism once in 1 episode of The Builders, most recently on October 22, 2026. Each quote below is verbatim and links to the moment it was said.
In their words
Thiel argues that the effective altruists, despite cult-like aspects, correctly foresaw that AI was coming and built a hugely valuable company in Anthropic.
“So if you have a cult that's built a company that's worth probably close to $2 trillion at the IPO”
The Builders: Peter Thiel: “We Need to Hit the Accelerator as Hard as Possible” on AI (Oct 22, 2026) · Listen from 7:41
Episodes
Peter Thiel: “We Need to Hit the Accelerator as Hard as Possible” on AIThe Builders · Oct 22, 2026 · 58 min
Walter Isaacson interviews Peter Thiel on the AI backlash, existential risk, his Antichrist lectures, founder-led companies, René Girard, and why he prefers evil to incompetence.
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