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Tlon Corporation

Curtis Yarvin's company founded in 2013 to develop the Urbit computing platform
Tracked because Curtis Yarvin's company founded in 2013 to develop the Urbit computing platform · 9 documented connections
Facts on record16
Connections mapped9
Sources cited15
Evidence: 10P+2 6I
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🧠 Cognitive harm via shared boards / co-investments
Inferential confidence
Tracked platforms owned by entities this person sits on a board with, founded with, or co-invested in.
1 documented harm · Documented
via Peter Thiel (investor)
Rumble
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1 documented harm · Moderate
via Peter Thiel (investor)
Inferred path: each card shows the connecting entity. See full methodology →
Stated vs Revealed
No documented contradictions on file.
PATTERN elected official → [donor] → person → [investor] → company 2167× PATTERN company → [investor] → company → [investor] → company 415× PATTERN person → [investor] → company → [investor] → company 351× PATTERN company → [investor] → company → [investor] → person 351× PATTERN company → [affiliation] → company → [investor] → company 344×
Connection Map
Key Connections
← Urbit Foundation organization
predecessor organization
Urbit Foundation was established in 2021 when it split off from Tlon.
→ Founders Fund company
investor
Founders Fund provided $1.1 million funding to Tlon
← Peter Thiel person
investor
Invested in Tlon through Founders Fund, gave $100,000 to co-founder John Burnham in 2011
← Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) company
investor
Co-invested $1.1 million with Founders Fund in Tlon Corporation
← Curtis Yarvin person
founder
Co-founded Tlon Corporation in 2013 to develop Urbit
← Galen Wolfe-Pauly person
founder
Co-founded with Yarvin in 2013, gained exclusive control in 2019
← John Burnham person
founder
Co-founded Tlon Corporation with Yarvin and Wolfe-Pauly
Facts (16)
Data Freshness
Ageing Last update: 160d ago · Avg age: 581d
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 (10)
Independently re-checked: a second model read the source artifact and confirmed it supports the extracted claim.
✓ verified Pending Review [v0.2.0_PATCH3_TLON_CLARIFICATION] Tlon Corporation is a software company unaffiliated with the political writings of Curtis Yarvin (Mencius Moldbug). Earlier facts conflating the two were retracted on 2026-04-18 due to substring-match disambiguation failure.
Added: 18 Apr 2026 UNVERIFIED v0.2.0 PATCH 3 cascade replacement (v0.2.0_PATCH3_TLON_CLARIFICATION)
✓ verified Primary Source Tlon Corporation is headquartered at 2325 3RD STREET SUITE 428 SAN FRANCISCO 94107
✓ verified Partially Corroborated Tlon Corporation's CIK number is 0001727669
✓ verified Primary Source Tlon Corporation raised $20,232,601 from 29 investors on March 29, 2018
Date: 2018-03-29 Added: 08 Apr 2026 ↗ RECORDS: Wikipedia article on Urbit platform
✓ verified Primary Source Tlon Corporation named after Jorge Luis Borges short story 'Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius'
✓ verified Primary Source Tlon Corporation owns approximately half of the entire address-space on the Urbit network
✓ verified Primary Source Founders Fund and Andreessen Horowitz invested $1.1 million in Tlon Corporation
✓ verified Primary Source Tlon Corporation co-founded by Curtis Yarvin, Galen Wolfe-Pauly, and John Burnham
Date: 2013-01-01 Added: 08 Apr 2026 ↗ SOURCE: Crunchbase listing shows three founders
✓ verified Primary Source Tlon Corporation is the corporate vehicle of the open-source Urbit software stack and was founded by Curtis Yarvin
✓ verified Primary Source Tlon received $1.1 million in funding from Peter Thiel's Founders Fund and Andreessen Horowitz
All Connections (9)
→ Founders Fund company
investor confirmed
Founders Fund provided $1.1 million funding to Tlon
investor inferential since 2018
Tlon Corporation raised $20,232,601 from 29 investors on March 29, 2018. (PIF may be among 29 investors but not explicitly named)
← Peter Thiel person
investor confirmed
Invested in Tlon through Founders Fund, gave $100,000 to co-founder John Burnham in 2011
investor confirmed
Co-invested $1.1 million with Founders Fund in Tlon Corporation
← Josh Lehman person
affiliation inferential since 2026
Josh Lehman is listed as a known entity within the Tlon Corporation / Urbit Foundation network
← Urbit Foundation organization
predecessor organization primary since 2021
Urbit Foundation was established in 2021 when it split off from Tlon.
← Curtis Yarvin person
founder confirmed
Co-founded Tlon Corporation in 2013 to develop Urbit
← Galen Wolfe-Pauly person
founder confirmed
Co-founded with Yarvin in 2013, gained exclusive control in 2019
← John Burnham person
founder confirmed
Co-founded Tlon Corporation with Yarvin and Wolfe-Pauly
Sources (15)
2026-05-10 UNVERIFIED SEARCH_ERROR: Tlon Corporation not found in opencorporates claim_flag Processed 📜 Receipt
2026 UNVERIFIED Research: Tlon Corporation — Parliamentary records (no results) parliamentary_record Processed 📜 Receipt
2026 UNVERIFIED Research: Tlon Corporation — Court records (no results) court_document Processed 📜 Receipt
2026 UNVERIFIED Research: Tlon Corporation — Lobbying disclosures (no results) government_disclosure Processed 📜 Receipt
2026 UNVERIFIED Research: Tlon Corporation — Corporate registrations (no results) government_disclosure Processed 📜 Receipt
2026 UNVERIFIED Research: Tlon Corporation — USASpending contracts (no results) contract Processed 📜 Receipt
2026 UNVERIFIED Research: Tlon Corporation — SEC filings (no results) sec_filing Processed 📜 Receipt
2026-04-18 UNVERIFIED v0.2.0 PATCH 3 cascade replacement (v0.2.0_PATCH3_TLON_CLARIFICATION) manual_correction Processed 📜 Receipt
— ↗ Wikipedia and New Yorker articles confirm the naming origin web_search Processed 📜 Receipt
— ↗ Crunchbase and CypherHunter describe Tlon's ownership of Urbit address space web_search Processed 📜 Receipt
— ↗ Wikipedia and multiple sources confirm joint investment by Peter Thiel's Founder… web_search Processed 📜 Receipt
2013-01-01 ↗ Crunchbase listing shows three founders web_search Processed 📜 Receipt
2013-01-01 ↗ Multiple sources including Crunchbase, Wikipedia, and New Yorker confirm Yarvin … web_search Processed 📜 Receipt
— ↗ Wikipedia and Crunchbase web_search Processed 📜 Receipt
— ↗ Wikipedia article on Urbit platform web_search Processed 📜 Receipt