Author: Joe Lonsdale

Joe Lonsdale is a technology entrepreneur, investor, and the managing partner of 8VC, a Texas-based venture capital firm. Before 8VC, Joe founded Palantir Technologies, Addepar, and other mission-driven businesses. As a philanthropist, he is the founder and chairman of the non-partisan Cicero Institute, as well as a founding trustee of the new University of Austin. He lives in Austin with his wife, Tayler, and their four daughters. He hosts a video podcast called American Optimist about entrepreneurship and policy changing the future of the United States.