The Guardian reported on recordings from a four-part lecture series Peter Thiel hosted on San Francisco’s waterfront between 15 September and 6 October 2025. Thiel used the invitation-only sessions to map modern politics, global institutions, and technology debates onto his apocalyptic reading of the Antichrist narrative. According to the leaked audio, he warned that international governance, environmentalism, and efforts to slow emerging technologies could empower an Antichrist-like figure, and he cast prominent technology critics as potential “legionnaires” of that threat.

Attendees paid roughly $200 and were told the event was off the record, but the leak captured Thiel urging fellow tech leaders to resist philanthropy pledges that might channel wealth to liberal causes and arguing that the United States could simultaneously restrain and midwife a one-world order. The lectures underscore how Thiel blends theological themes with his political and technology advocacy, adding a new layer to his influence in conservative tech circles.