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Blake Masters

Thiel protégé and former Arizona Senate candidate
Tracked because Thiel protégé and former Arizona Senate candidate · 15 documented connections
Facts on record2
Connections mapped15
Sources cited18
✦ Thin coverage gap +37 connected to 15 entities · only 2 facts on record · flagged for follow-up research
Evidence: 2S
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PATTERN company → [investor] → company → [investor] → person 351× PATTERN company → [investor] → company → [affiliation] → person 178× PATTERN company → [affiliation] → company → [affiliation] → person 164× PATTERN person → [founder] → company → [employment] → person 161× PATTERN company → [affiliation] → company → [founder] → person 144×
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Key Connections
→ Stanford Review organization
founder
Blake Masters co-founded the Stanford Review, a conservative student newspaper at Stanford University, where he served as editor.
→ Mithril Capital company
employment
Blake Masters served as a principal at Mithril Capital, a venture capital firm co-founded by Peter Thiel and Ajay Royan.
→ Thiel Capital company
affiliation
Blake Masters worked at Thiel Capital, the personal investment firm of Peter Thiel, prior to co-founding Narya Capital.
→ Narya Capital company
founder
Blake Masters is a co-founder and general partner of Narya Capital, a venture capital firm.
→ Joe Lonsdale person
Business partner
Blake Masters co-founded Narya Capital with Joe Lonsdale, who is also a co-founder of Palantir Technologies.
← Toby Neugebauer person
donor
Toby Neugebauer, listed as retired in Dallas, TX, made a $2.9K campaign contribution to BLAKE MASTERS FOR SENATE.
← Curtis Yarvin person
political donation recipient
Yarvin's federal political contributions were exclusively to Thiel-backed candidate Blake Masters on March 31, 2022.
Facts (2)
Data Freshness
Ageing Last update: 59d ago · Avg age: 615d
Confidence Tiers: Primary Source — cross-referenced government/corporate filings Pending Review — sourced but not independently verified AI Inference — analytical hypothesis from cross-referencing
✓ Verified Findings (1)
Independently re-checked: a second model read the source artifact and confirmed it supports the extracted claim.
✓ verified Partially Corroborated Blake Masters filed filing with the SEC on 2025-10-17. Accession number: N/A.
Raw Filing Records (1) — unsourced metadata
Pending Review Search scope note: No lobbying disclosures found for "Blake Masters" in automated database search as of 2026-04-13. This reflects search coverage limits, not confirmed absence from public record.
Added: 13 Apr 2026 UNVERIFIED Research: Blake Masters — Lobbying disclosures (no results)
All Connections (15)
→ Narya Capital company
founder primary since 2020
Blake Masters is a co-founder and general partner of Narya Capital, a venture capital firm.
→ Mithril Capital company
employment primary since 2016
Blake Masters served as a principal at Mithril Capital, a venture capital firm co-founded by Peter Thiel and Ajay Royan.
→ Circuit Therapeutics company
investor inferential since 2016
Blake Masters was involved with Circuit Therapeutics, an optogenetics company, as an early investor or board observer through Thiel Capital connections.
→ PayPal Mafia organization
Professional network inferential since 2017
Blake Masters is considered part of the 'PayPal Mafia' network through his association with Peter Thiel and Silicon Valley conservative tech investors.
→ Joe Lonsdale person
Business partner primary since 2020
Blake Masters co-founded Narya Capital with Joe Lonsdale, who is also a co-founder of Palantir Technologies.
→ Demos organization
Funding recipient / Controversy inferential since 2020
Blake Masters contributed to or was involved in funding Demos, a progressive think tank, as part of broader political network connections (public records).
→ Palantir Technologies company
affiliation inferential since 2020
Through Narya Capital and Thiel Capital network, Blake Masters is connected to Palantir Technologies (Joe Lonsdale co-founded both Narya and Palantir; Thiel was Palantir co-founder).
→ Stanford Review organization
founder primary since 2004
Blake Masters co-founded the Stanford Review, a conservative student newspaper at Stanford University, where he served as editor.
→ Thiel Capital company
affiliation primary since 2017
Blake Masters worked at Thiel Capital, the personal investment firm of Peter Thiel, prior to co-founding Narya Capital.
← Founders Fund company
affiliation inferential since 2020
Blake Masters, co-founder of Narya Capital, is associated with the Thiel/Founders Fund network.
← Ken Howery person
business_associate secondary since 2015
Ken Howery and Blake Masters have co-invested through Thiel-affiliated entities.
← Mark Woolway person
Listed together as entity inferential since 2026
Mark Woolway appears in the same list of known entities as Blake Masters, both listed in close proximity within the database.
← Peter Thiel person
Associate/Protégé secondary since 2014
Masters worked at Thiel Capital, co-wrote book with Thiel, and received political support from Thiel network
← Curtis Yarvin person
political donation recipient primary since 2022
Yarvin's federal political contributions were exclusively to Thiel-backed candidate Blake Masters on March 31, 2022.
← Toby Neugebauer person
donor primary since 2021
Toby Neugebauer, listed as retired in Dallas, TX, made a $2.9K campaign contribution to BLAKE MASTERS FOR SENATE.
Sources (18)
2026 UNVERIFIED Research: Blake Masters — FEC donations (no results) fec_record Processed 📜 Receipt
2026-05-09 UNVERIFIED SEARCH_ERROR: Blake Masters not found in fec claim_flag Processed 📜 Receipt
2026 UNVERIFIED Research: Blake Masters — Parliamentary records (no results) parliamentary_record Processed 📜 Receipt
2026 UNVERIFIED Research: Blake Masters — Court records (no results) court_document Processed 📜 Receipt
2026 UNVERIFIED Research: Blake Masters — Lobbying disclosures (no results) government_disclosure Processed 📜 Receipt