Mithril Capital
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Oct 16, 2026
Jack BenjaminGUEST
Kind of its own story there.
Jack BenjaminGUEST
[chuckles] Um, he also launched another venture capital firm, stop me whenever you want, but this one in, in 2012 was called Mithril Capital.
Jack BenjaminGUEST
Again, Lord of the Rings name.
George ButlerHOST
Well, I, I, I, I'll tell you what I will ask you here is because he, he's clearly, as, as we know, he's got fingers in tech pies left, right, and center.
George ButlerHOST
How influential is he in some of these organizations?
Jack BenjaminGUEST
He's extremely influential as the sort of the founder of the fund.
Jack BenjaminGUEST
And, and just to give an example that relates back to contemporary politics, um, at Mithril Capital, that funds, uh, primarily space-based intelligence, some fusion energy companies, the current vice president, J.D. Vance, uh, worked there.
George ButlerHOST
Mm.
Nicholas J. FuentesSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
And then Peter Thiel hires him, or gets him a job at another venture capital firm.
Nicholas J. FuentesSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Eventually, Vance makes it to Mithril Capital, which is Thiel's VC firm, and this is b- this is a no-show job.
speaker_3SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Hmm.
Nicholas J. FuentesSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
That's where his colleagues say, "We never even saw him in the office.
Tony EncisoGUEST
And guess what? Bolsonaro is in Trump's pocket.
Tony EncisoGUEST
He is directly linked to 1789 Capital, Donald Trump Jr And with that being said, Unusual Machines wants to put stuff down there and secure for their, you know, drones.
Tony EncisoGUEST
Caridian Automation, another area backed by Donald Trump Jr., 1789, is looking for exposure in Brazil.
Tony EncisoGUEST
Kaz Resources, Eric Trump, is looking for exposure in Brazil.
Tony EncisoGUEST
Vulcan Elements, which is directly connected to Peter Thiel, and they just had a change of leadership.
Tony EncisoGUEST
They're getting Pentagon loans.
Tony EncisoGUEST
They have CHIPS Acts capital, and they're backed by 1789 Capital.
Tony EncisoGUEST
They're pack- they're backed by Mithril Capital, which is Peter Thiel.
Bill WeinbergHOST
Vance has been a part of this scene for a long time.
Bill WeinbergHOST
He previously served in Thiel's investment arm, Mithril Capital.
Bill WeinbergHOST
Yes, another Tolkien reference.
Caitlin HennessySOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Ugh.
AlexHOST
But you are Peter Thiel's chat bot.
AlexHOST
That's entire existence through Mithril Capital, you dumbass.
AlexHOST
You back up Singer for Gerard Way and My Chemical Romance with those fucking eyes.
AlexHOST
Oh my God,
David KirtleyGUEST
And so that's what we've gone out to go demonstrate time and time again.
David KirtleyGUEST
In fact, when we were initially invested, our first series A round was Mithril Capital.
David KirtleyGUEST
And so when Mithril invested, the first demo we did was, can we build pulse power electronics at high efficiency? Can we recover 95% of the electricity we put in? And 95% sounds like a good number, but it's pretty wild in that most fusion folks talk in single-digit efficiencies.
David KirtleyGUEST
Round-trip efficiency of 5% is generally considered pretty good.
David BennerHOST
And who is this guy to speak for the white working class? This guy got into Yale and at a speech, Peter Thiel...
David BennerHOST
met him when he was delivering a speech, employed him at his venture capital firm, Mithril, in which he made millions and millions of dollars.
David BennerHOST
He might even be a billionaire now, I'm not 100% sure about Vance.
David BennerHOST
This is the guy that they're going to put as the focal point of the white working class, a guy that stumbled into this through his association with Peter Thiel after he... gave a speech that's this guy and he's not a non-interventionist he supported the iraq war there's a long time ago maybe expressed disdain for that now but they're calling him a restrainer on the war in iran he's done nothing less than propagandize the farcical nuclear threat that iran supposedly has which it doesn't none of the 18 intelligence agencies in the u.s ever said it did and in his first moment in the spotlight, broadcast a desire to punch Iran hard at the Republican National Convention in 2024, shortly after he was chosen to be the vice presidential nominee.
Charlie RobinsonHOST
Yeah.
Charlie RobinsonHOST
What do we make of Peter Thiel? He, he's a, he's got, uh- In-Q-Tel ties, obviously Palantir with, with, with everything they're doing with the Department of Defense, Facebook, [sighs] a b- does a dozen companies, Mithril Capital, v- v- VC funds-
William RamseyGUEST
Correct
Charlie RobinsonHOST
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William RamseyGUEST
The story is they were targeted by his t- his AI targeting system, and they were murdered, uh, under, uh, Andrés, José Andrés, famous chef.
William RamseyGUEST
That leads back to Thiel.
William RamseyGUEST
Um, Thiel also has VCs all over and all kinds of hands in a lot of different, uh, mo- tech companies and very much involved...
William RamseyGUEST
Palantir's just a massive data, uh, uh, uh, grinding system just on massive, and all kinds of stuff with the government.