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Founders Fund launches game show starring Sam Altman, Palmer Luckey, and other tech elites

TechCrunch · Jun 5, 2026, 12:06 AM

Key takeaways

  • Have you ever had the desire to see Sam Altman and Palmer Luckey square off over a moderately suspenseful card game?
  • Silicon Valley s leaders are rushing to embrace the power of media for the purposes of marketing and political capital.
  • MAFIA the GAME, will apparently be an ongoing thing, where prominent tech luminaries get together and face off over a game of cards (the show is named after the party-game favorite).

Have you ever had the desire to see Sam Altman and Palmer Luckey square off over a moderately suspenseful card game? If so, you are in luck.

Silicon Valley s leaders are rushing to embrace the power of media for the purposes of marketing and political capital. Now, in a sign of the times, Founders Fund, the venture capital firm co-founded by Peter Thiel, has launched its own game show.

MAFIA the GAME, will apparently be an ongoing thing, where prominent tech luminaries get together and face off over a game of cards (the show is named after the party-game favorite).

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