Inside Peter Thiels secretive, invite-only club: Sex, cult-building and World War III

Billionaire investor Peter Thiel has for years headed a secretive club that gathered tech executives, government officials and financiers for off-the-record retreats featuring discussions about sex, cult-building and even preparations for World War III, according to a report.A trove of leaked records tied to the invitation-only group, known as “Dialog,” exposed sensitive information about hundreds of members and attendees — including political affiliations, matchmaking preferences and personal predictions about the future of AI, the online news site Wired reported.The records revealed a program for this summer’s gathering outside Dublin featuring sessions titled “How’s Your Sex Life?,” “Build-a-Cult” and “Navigating WWIII,” while also exposing info the organization reportedly assured members would remain private.“Dialog” also appears to double as a matchmaking service.According to Wired, attendees were asked whether they were “looking for love” and could opt into a network designed to foster “meaningful connections for exceptional people.”The leaked records included members’ self-described talents, which ranged from “funhouse construction” and backcountry skiing to “compassion and existential dread,” according to the report.Participants were also asked to predict the future, with many forecasting that AI would dramatically reshape society.Some reportedly predicted mass job displacement, an “AI winter,” domestic terrorism targeting data centers and even a religious revival sparked by technological disruption.The leaked records feature a directory with bold-face names from government, finance, technology, academia and national security, according to Wired.

Those include Sen.Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Rep.

Jim Himes (D-Conn.) and Palantir co-founder Joe Lonsdale.The registration list for Dialog’s 2026 retreat reportedly identified 222 attendees and categorized them by membership status, including “active member” and “g...