A change in language education technology has triggered fresh competition, as Forbes reported that Speak, an AI-powered ...

Peter Thiel, the billionaire cofounder of PayPal and an early Facebook investor, has a complicated relationship with higher education. On one hand, he graduated from Stanford University with a ...

Founded by former Thiel fellows, AI language tutoring app Speak started its journey in Seoul, South Korea. But as it enters ...

Peter Thiel’s fellowship is offering young entrepreneurs $200,000 to skip or leave college and build their own billion-dollar startups. The program launched in 2011 has since generated more than $100 ...

Design software maker Figma will debut with shares indicated to open at more than triple their initial public offering (IPO) price, with the deal oversubscribed. Figma CEO Dylan Field co-founded the ...

The Meritocracy Fellowship program at Palantir, a controversial tech company owned by Peter Thiel, offers an internship in place of traditional higher education. Students see both advantages and ...

Digital health is on the brain of some emerging entrepreneurs this year. Last week the Thiel Foundation announced its latest winners of its entrepreneurial technology fellowship, and among them were ...

Just after the Thiel Fellowship program announced its second class, it also has a success story to add to its portfolio. © 2025 American City Business Journals. All ...

Thiel Foundation has announced that Harry Gandhi, cofounder and CEO of digital health startup Medella Health will be a 2015 Thiel Fellow. Medella Health is developing glucose-sensing contact lenses.

“Don’t go to college.” Four words you probably never heard your mother or father say to you growing up. But that’s exactly what famed entrepreneur Peter Thiel is saying, and he’s upping the ante. “Don ...