Joe Lonsdale is the Founder and Managing Partner at 8VC, an early-stage venture capital firm managing over $6 billion in capital. He has founded over a dozen prominent companies, including Palantir, a leading data analytics company; Addepar, a wealth management platform; and OpenGov, the largest cloud software provider for local governments. He continues to create and scale companies through the 8VC Build program.
Joe was an early investor in Anduril, Oculus, Guardant Health, Oscar, Illumio, Wish, JoyTunes, Blend, Flexport, Joby Aviation, Orca Bio, Qualia, Synthego, and Yugabyte, among many others.
Joe and his wife Tayler are active in a variety of philanthropic and institutional efforts. They founded the non-partisan Cicero Institute in 2018 to promote accountable governance in nineteen states. In 2021, Joe became the founding chairman of the University of Austin (UATX), a new university dedicated to restoring the pursuit of truth in higher education.
Joe, Tayler, and their five children live in Austin, TX.
