#conversationwithAI: Q: was #meta #facebook funded with #CIA money?

Short answer: No credible evidence that the CIA directly funded Facebook.

BUT #peterthiel #palantir was created in 2003 and funded by #CIA, #peterthiel gave $500,000 to #zuckerberg to establish #Facebook in 2004

#COINCIDENCE? NOT REALLY D-D

Details (concise):

Facebook’s early funding rounds were led by private investors: #PeterThiel (angel, 2004–05), #AccelPartners (2005), #Greylock #Meritech and later corporate investors (#Microsoft, #DST, etc.). Those are venture capital and private investors, not the CIA.

Claims linking Facebook to the CIA largely rely on two things: (a) conflating intelligence-linked VC #InQTel (#CIA backed VC) with private VCs, and (b) citing connections between individual #investors or companies (e.g., #Palantir, #FoundersFund) and intelligence or defense contractors. Those links do not show the CIA financed Facebook.
Public records (SEC/press coverage, VC announcements, reporting by major outlets) list Facebook’s investors and show no direct CIA investment in Facebook itself.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Facebook #startup #socialmedia #fucksake #innovation #myass