Trae Stephens → Palantir Technologies Inc.
Historical employee
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Biography describes former Palantir intelligence/defense growth and product work.
Personnel bridge across defense technology and investment
Trae Stephens
Founders Fund partner, Anduril executive chairman and former Palantir employee.
Current and historical roles
Founders Fund's maintained biography identifies these roles and describes his prior Palantir defense/intelligence growth work. It does not establish Karp's command over Anduril.
What the records show
Trae Stephens → Founders Fund
Partner
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Founders Fund's maintained biography identifies Stephens as its partner.
Trae Stephens → Anduril Industries
Co-founder and executive chairman
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The maintained biography identifies Stephens's Anduril role.
From the investigation
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Founders Fund's maintained biography identifies Trae Stephens as its partner, Anduril co-founder/executive chairman, and an early Palantir employee who led intelligence/defense and international-growth work. That is an independently documented personnel route connecting the firms. It is not proof that Karp directs Anduril or that Founders Fund controls Palantir. Founders Fund: Trae Stephens . The existing Thiel Foundation node must not be merged with Peter Thiel or Founders Fund merely because their names connect.
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3 relationshipsTrae Stephens → Partner → Founders Fund
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Founders Fund's maintained biography identifies Stephens as its partner. Does not establish particular investment committee or ownership rights.
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Trae Stephens → Co-founder and executive chairman → Anduril Industries
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The maintained biography identifies Stephens's Anduril role. Does not establish Karp's or Thiel's command over Anduril.
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Trae Stephens → Historical employee → Palantir Technologies Inc.
Checked 12 September 2026
Biography describes former Palantir intelligence/defense growth and product work. Historical employment, not a current Palantir role.