Thiel Fellows' companies reach $100M revenue two and a half times as often as YC's
Share of each programme's companies with verified $100M+ annual revenue
The 14 companies founded since 2020 with $100M+ revenue
| Company | Founded | Thiel Fellowship | Y Combinator |
|---|---|---|---|
 Airbyte |
2020 | ✓W20 | |
 Curative |
2020 | ✓Fred Turner | |
 Merama |
2020 | ✓Sujay Tyle | |
 Slash |
2020 | ✓Victor Cardenas | ✓S21 |
 Zip |
2020 | ✓S20 | |
 Anthropic |
2021 | ✓Chris Olah | |
 Exa |
2021 | ✓S21 | |
 Savvy Wealth |
2021 | ✓Ritik Malhotra | |
 Zepto |
2021 | ✓W21 | |
 Cognition |
2023 | ✓Walden Yan | |
 Legora |
2023 | ✓W24 | |
 Mercor |
2023 | ✓Brendan Foody, Adarsh Hiremath, Surya Midha | |
 AfterQuery |
2024 | ✓W25 | |
 Emergent |
2024 | ✓S24 |
The 19 Thiel Fellows behind the 17 companies
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Chris Olah
Anthropic
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Lucy Guo
Scale
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Brendan Foody
Mercor
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Adarsh Hiremath
Mercor
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Surya Midha
Mercor
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Dylan Field
Figma
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Paul Gu
Upstart
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Walden Yan
Cognition
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Ritesh Agarwal
OYO
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Jamie Cox
FluidStack
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Sujay Tyle
Merama
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Fred Turner
Curative
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Victor Cardenas
Slash
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Sean Henry
STORD
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Christian Owens
Paddle
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Robbie Ferguson
Immutable
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Tejas Manohar
Hightouch
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Andrew Hsu
Speak
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Ritik Malhotra
Savvy Wealth
The 93 companies founded before 2020 with $100M+ revenue
Thiel Fellowship · 10
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Scale scale.com
Fellow: Lucy Guo · also YC S16
2016
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Figma figma.com
Fellow: Dylan Field
2012
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Upstart upstart.com
Fellow: Paul Gu
2012
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OYO oyorooms.com
Fellow: Ritesh Agarwal
2012
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FluidStack fluidstack.io
Fellow: Jamie Cox
2017
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STORD stord.com
Fellow: Sean Henry
2015
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Paddle paddle.com
Fellow: Christian Owens
2012
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Immutable immutable.com
Fellow: Robbie Ferguson
2018
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Hightouch hightouch.com
Fellow: Tejas Manohar · also YC S19
2016
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Speak speak.com
Fellow: Andrew Hsu · also YC W17
2016
Y Combinator · 86 top 10 by revenue
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DoorDash doordash.com
Batch S13
2013
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Airbnb airbnb.com
Batch W09
2007
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Stripe stripe.com
Batch S09
2009
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Coinbase coinbase.com
Batch S12
2012
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EquipmentShare equipmentshare.com
Batch W15
2014
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Instacart instacart.com
Batch S12
2012
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Kalshi kalshi.com
Batch W19
2018
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Reddit reddit.com
Batch S05
2005
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Dropbox dropbox.com
Batch S07
2007
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GrubMarket grubmarket.com
Batch W15
2014
and 76 more