Track

Thiel Fellowship

Track for a future or conditional window when idea, pre-seed, seed teams in generalist, software, hardware match global eligibility and fellowship funding, mentorship, or community access is relevant.

Terms

Funding

$250K over 2 years

Equity or cost

0% (no equity taken)

Perks

Network of Thiel Fellows alumni

Founder fit

Founder

Founders 22 or younger without a university degree; must drop out if currently enrolled.

Company

Individual fellows; team or solo OK; ~20-30 fellows per year.

Geography

Global.

Application effort

Medium.

Verification note

Official application page and FAQ state applications are accepted year round. This remains a track row because eligibility is narrow even though the application path is rolling.

Source quality: official Thiel Fellowship apply page. Status confidence: high.

age cap 22must drop outvery small cohort

Stages

ideapre-seedseed

Sectors

generalistsoftwarehardwarebiotechconsumermedia

Fit tags

under-22drop-outnon-dilutiveglobal

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