Joe Lonsdale is a Founder and Partner at 8VC, an early-stage venture capital firm managing over $6 billion in capital. In 2003, he founded Palantir Technologies (NYSE:PLTR), a global software company known for its work supporting US and its allies’ defense and intelligence. He is the founder of more than a dozen prominent companies, including Addepar, a wealth management technology platform with about $5 trillion using it globally, and OpenGov, the leading cloud software provider for local governments. He continues to create and scale companies through the 8VC Build program. Joe and his wife Tayler are active in a variety of philanthropic and institutional pursuits. In 2018, they founded the non-partisan Cicero Institute, which crafts and advances policies to promote effective and accountable governance, now battling special interests successfully with teams in over a dozen states. In 2021, Joe became the founding chairman of the board of the University of Austin (UATX), a new university dedicated to restoring the pursuit of truth in higher education. He also sits on the board of the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation & Institute. Joe, Tayler, and their four daughters live in Austin, TX.