The Thiel Fellowship, known for its selective process in identifying tech pioneers, has announced its class of 2024, welcoming a diverse group of innovators including all three cofounders of Etched, @UbertiGavin, @czhu1729, @robertwachen. This year's fellows, such as Diogenes Casares of StreamDefi and others focusing on sectors from DeFi products to agricultural efficiency and artificial intelligence, underscore the fellowship's emphasis on practical learning and innovation outside traditional academic paths. Peter Thiel, the founder, highlighted the initiative's role in challenging the status quo of higher education, likening today's universities to the medieval Catholic Church and advocating for a reformation. The fellowship, offering $100,000 to young entrepreneurs to drop out of college and pursue their projects, continues to attract attention for its alumni's significant contributions to the tech industry, particularly in areas such as producing food more profitably and efficiently.
Instead of graduating college in 2020, I took the Thiel Fellowship. And joined a cohort of “peers” way out of my league. Impostor syndrome is surreal among 20 startup dropouts. Fortunately, it fades away over dinners, ski trips, and bday parties. Welcome to our 2024 fellows! https://t.co/vMs7B1rur6
Here's what Peter Thiel's latest $100,000-fellowship recruits said about leaving college and why they joined the program https://t.co/sVhw69iCW4
The Thiel Fellowship is just a more elite Forbes 30u30 now. The days of betting on outsiders are over. We need new institutions to find and bet on undiscovered talent.
the current thiel fellowship boasts about past fellows it would now reject. just saying.
Congrats to all the Thiel Fellows! Great see lots (almost half) of Z Fellows alumni representation! https://t.co/6hZoZf9klO
THE THIEL FELLOWSHIP IN 2024 "Today's universities are as corrupt as the medieval Catholic Church. The Reformation is underway." - Peter Thiel This year’s class understands the importance of the present moment. They reject the well-worn paths of red tape, digital distractions,…
What about a Thiel Fellowship Graduate Program where you can trade in your degree for $100k in your 30s?
Excited and beyond grateful to be named a Thiel Fellow!! I learned more in my first month out of school than I would’ve in the whole four years. Now, instead of sitting in a classroom, we’re helping farmers produce way more food for the world, much more profitably, efficiently,… https://t.co/O8Rcu6mMly
New fellows announced -- congrats! "Today's universities are as corrupt as the medieval Catholic Church. The Reformation is underway," said Peter Thiel. https://t.co/YFIJ9pWmot
The 21st century will be the most important century ever for humanity, thanks to the rapid advances in artificial intelligence. It makes no sense to sit on the sidelines in university. I'm excited to join the latest class of Thiel Fellows https://t.co/xbD0Zasalw
Always worth seeing what the new Thiel fellows are up to https://t.co/ULQYcrcrE4
In a rare move for @thielfellowship, all 3 cofounders of Etched have been welcomed into this year's class of tech pioneers, joining an alumni group that's collectively built companies worth hundreds of billions of dollars. Congrats @UbertiGavin @czhu1729 @robertwachen
Super happy to be joining the Thiel Fellowship Class of '24! Thank you to our early backers who helped us push @StreamDefi out and build it from an idea into a cracked team. I look forward to building out DeFi products that can outcompete CeFi and bring mass adoption! https://t.co/UPvh22cx6J