SUBJECT-0194.dossier · person · status: active
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Brendan Iribe

Former Oculus CEO, individual defendant in ZeniMax litigation
Tracked because Former Oculus CEO, individual defendant in ZeniMax litigation · 12 documented connections
Facts on record2
Connections mapped12
Sources cited9
✦ Thin coverage gap +40 connected to 12 entities · only 2 facts on record · flagged for follow-up research
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PATTERN company → [investor] → company → [investor] → person 351× PATTERN person → [donor] → company → [investor] → person 155× PATTERN person → [founder] → person → [founder] → company 148× PATTERN company → [founder] → person → [founder] → person 148× PATTERN person → [founder] → person → [investor] → company 146×
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Connection Map
Key Connections
→ Oculus VR company
founder
Brendan Iribe was a co-founder and CEO of Oculus VR, the company that developed the Oculus Rift virtual reality headset.
→ Palmer Luckey person
founder
Brendan Iribe co-founded Oculus VR alongside Palmer Luckey, who was the original creator of the Oculus Rift prototype.
→ Facebook Technologies LLC company
Executive (acquired company)
After Facebook acquired Oculus VR in 2014, Brendan Iribe led the PC VR division within Facebook Technologies LLC (now Meta Platforms).
→ id Software LLC company
Legal adversary
John Carmack of id Software was involved in the creation of Oculus Rift technology; Iribe was party to the resulting legal disputes between id Software/ZeniMax and Oculus.
→ Mark Zuckerberg person
Acquisition counterparty
Mark Zuckerberg, as CEO of Facebook, negotiated the $2 billion acquisition of Oculus VR, of which Iribe was CEO and co-founder.
← ZeniMax Media Inc. company
legal
Brendan Iribe was a co-founder of Oculus VR, involved in the ZeniMax Media Inc. lawsuit over VR technology.
← Total Recall Technologies LLC company
legal
Brendan Iribe, former CEO of Oculus VR, was named in the legal actions involving Total Recall Technologies LLC over Oculus Rift intellectual property.
→ Judge James V. Selna person
legal
Judge James V. Selna presided over the ZeniMax v. Oculus case in which Iribe was a defendant.
Facts (2)
Data Freshness
Ageing Last update: 160d ago · Avg age: 1354d
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 Brendan Iribe filed filing with the SEC on 2013-12-27. Accession number: N/A.
All Connections (12)
→ Oculus VR company
founder primary since 2012
Brendan Iribe was a co-founder and CEO of Oculus VR, the company that developed the Oculus Rift virtual reality headset.
Executive (acquired company) primary since 2014
After Facebook acquired Oculus VR in 2014, Brendan Iribe led the PC VR division within Facebook Technologies LLC (now Meta Platforms).
→ id Software LLC company
Legal adversary primary since 2014
John Carmack of id Software was involved in the creation of Oculus Rift technology; Iribe was party to the resulting legal disputes between id Software/ZeniMax and Oculus.
→ Mark Zuckerberg person
Acquisition counterparty primary since 2014
Mark Zuckerberg, as CEO of Facebook, negotiated the $2 billion acquisition of Oculus VR, of which Iribe was CEO and co-founder.
legal primary since 2017
Judge James V. Selna presided over the ZeniMax v. Oculus case in which Iribe was a defendant.
→ Palmer Luckey person
founder primary since 2012
Brendan Iribe co-founded Oculus VR alongside Palmer Luckey, who was the original creator of the Oculus Rift prototype.
→ Salient Motion Inc. company
founder inferential since 2011
Before Oculus, Iribe was involved with Salient Motion Inc., a motion tracking company that informed VR development.
→ Sequoia Capital company
investor inferential since 2013
Sequoia Capital provided funding for Oculus VR during its early growth phase when Iribe was CEO.
investor inferential since 2013
a16z invested in Oculus VR's Series A and B rounds while Iribe led the company.
← ZeniMax Media Inc. company
legal primary since 2014
Brendan Iribe was a co-founder of Oculus VR, involved in the ZeniMax Media Inc. lawsuit over VR technology.
← John Carmack person
business partner/collaborator secondary since 2014
Brendan Iribe was a co-founder and CEO of Oculus VR where John Carmack served as CTO.
legal primary since 2014
Brendan Iribe, former CEO of Oculus VR, was named in the legal actions involving Total Recall Technologies LLC over Oculus Rift intellectual property.
Sources (9)
2013-12-27 ↗ SEC EDGAR: filing — Brendan Iribe (2013-12-27) sec_filing Processed 📜 Receipt
2021-07-08 ↗ SEC EDGAR: filing — Brendan Iribe (2021-07-08) sec_filing Processed 📜 Receipt
2021-06-23 ↗ SEC EDGAR: filing — Brendan Iribe (2021-06-23) sec_filing Processed 📜 Receipt
2026 UNVERIFIED Research: Brendan Iribe — Parliamentary records (no results) parliamentary_record Processed 📜 Receipt
2026 UNVERIFIED Research: Brendan Iribe — FEC donations (no results) fec_record Processed 📜 Receipt
2026-05-09 UNVERIFIED SEARCH_ERROR: Brendan Iribe not found in fec claim_flag Processed 📜 Receipt
2026 UNVERIFIED Research: Brendan Iribe — Court records (no results) court_document Processed 📜 Receipt
2026 UNVERIFIED Research: Brendan Iribe — Lobbying disclosures (no results) government_disclosure Processed 📜 Receipt
2013-12-27 ↗ SEC EDGAR: filing — Brendan Iribe (2013-12-27) web_search Processed 📜 Receipt