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Founders Fund - Footnote 19

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The article does not mention Peter Thiel directing the firm to slash its eighth flagship fund from $1.8 billion to $900 million. The article was published in March 2022, so it could not contain information about events in 2023.

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techcrunch.com/2022/03/04/a-peek-inside-founders-fund-as-it-closes-on-5-billion-across-two-new-funds/(1 check)

partial80%Haiku 4.5 · 4/3/2026

Found: In 2023, Peter Thiel directed the firm to slash its eighth flagship fund from \$1.8 billion to \$900 million amid market uncertainty, implementing what he called a venture capital "slimdown" despite i…

Note: The article does not mention Peter Thiel directing the firm to slash its eighth flagship fund from $1.8 billion to $900 million. The article was published in March 2022, so it could not contain information about events in 2023.

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