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EXCLUSIVE: Peter Thiel on Why AI Can’t Afford to Hit the Pause Button

Sep 30, 2026 · 19m

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A sneak peek from The Builders with Walter Isaacson , the new podcast series from Kaleidoscope debuting on October 20. In this exclusive preview clip from Isaacson’s interview with Peter Thiel, Thiel calls Anthropic a “cult,” warns about the competitive threat from China, and argues that American AI companies need to hit the accelerator, not the brakes. Kaleidoscope co-founders Oz and Mangesh introduce the clip and preview what’s ahead on The Builders . Peter Thiel is a technology entrepreneur and investor. He co-founded PayPal and Palantir and made the first outside investments in Meta, SpaceX, Anduril, and Stripe. Peter also started the Thiel Foundation, which…