Born 1967 Germany, grew up US. Stanford Philosophy + Law. Co-founded PayPal (mafia), Palantir. Founders Fund: invested SpaceX, Anduril, Stripe. Set to participate in Physical Intelligence's ~$1B round at a $11B+ valuation (Mar 2026), deepening its robotics/physical-AI exposure alongside Lightspeed. Thiel Fellowship funded Chris Olah and many hardware/AI entrepreneurs ($100K to skip college). Philosophy: going from 0 to 1.