Peter Thiel NZ Citizenship And Palantir’s AI War
Why tech billionaire and NZ citizen Peter Thiel is decamping to the end of the world
Born in Germany and raised in the US, tech billionaire Peter Thiel received citizenship in New Zealand in 2011 and applied for a passport in Malta in 2022. Now he has a new favourite bolthole.
NZ Herald
Ummmm.
Yeah.
Soooo, about cutting Peter Thiel’s NZ citizenship.
Peter Thiel’s New Zealand citizenship was always controversial. Now, with his company Palantir tied to AI-driven warfare in the Iran conflict, that decision looks less like foresight and more like a moral failure.
Peter Thiel, co-founder and chair of Palantir, the AI and data analytics company whose systems reportedly support US military targeting operations, should be stripped of his New Zealand citizenship
The AI War on Iran: Project Maven, a Secretive Palantir-Run System, Helps Pentagon Pick Bomb Targets.
Palantir was co-founded by Peter Thiel, who remains chair of the board and a major shareholder in the company he helped launch in 2003.
Palantir CEO on Iran, AI Weapons and American Domination | a16z American Dynamism Summit
How Peter Thiel got New Zealand citizenship in the first place
Billionaire Peter Thiel was granted New Zealand citizenship in June 2011 after spending only 12 days in the country. Approved under “exceptional circumstances” due to his investments and potential to boost the local tech sector, Thiel did not meet the standard residency requirements, yet received his passport following a private ceremony.
What happens when Silicon Valley builds the war machine
Palantir CTO Says #ai is playing a major role in the #Iran war
Thiel’s also added Argentina and his uber riecht buddy Milei to the list as a backup country. Hollow out a place and move on, no attachments, no multi-choice citizen questionaire needed.
“All billionaires of the world who want to flee countries increasingly regulated, with higher taxes and governments that persecute their citizens, are welcome in the Argentine republic, the new land of freedom,” Manuel Adorni, Mr. Milei’s cabinet chief, said last month before congress, answering a question about Mr. Thiel.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/28/world/americas/peter-thiel-argentina.html
Some other relevant articles:
“Miami police plan to interview Thiel as part of probe into the sudden death of Jeff Thomas, a model and social media influencer, sources said.”
https://theintercept.com/2023/03/23/peter-thiel-jeff-thomas/
“Peter Thiel Is Very, Very Interested in Young People’s Blood”
https://www.inc.com/jeff-bercovici/peter-thiel-young-blood.html
I can imagine a special multi-choice quiz on the “responsibilities and privileges” of citizenship just for him.
“Should nazis be in the overton window?”
“Can you say Nu Zilland?”
“Do you think democracy is a hinderance?”
“Is humanity worth saving? You’re pausing there…”
If it can be done, it most definitely should be. Who needs enemies with friends like this?
Especially when we run the risk of having an idiot govt like this CoC, who actually listen to people like him instead of us.