Published: June 5, 2026 • 5:36 AM IST · Updated: June 6, 2026 • 6:32 AM ISTBy TheBriefWire Editorial Team
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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).