Peter Thiel Copies Masa Son’s Homework… Hits “Sell All” on His Entire $100M Nvidia Pile

Peter Thiel woke up, saw the words “AI bubble?” trending on X from all the groupthinkers, and said, “You know what? I’m out. All of it. Get this peasant chip stock out of my portfolio. And just like that, the dude who survived Facebook’s wild west era and feuded with everyone but Tim Cook ditched 100% of his Nvidia shares.

Specifically, Thiel Macro LLC dumped all 537,742 shares during Q3… roughly $100 million worth at September 30th prices. And because billionaires love moving in herds while claiming they’re lone wolves, Thiel’s stunt came just days after Masayoshi Son liquidated SoftBank’s entire $5.8B Nvidia position so he could dump an infinity-money check into OpenAI (same but different type beat). If you’ve ever wanted to see the world’s most powerful men copy each other’s homework while calling each other idiots, welcome to Q3 2025.

So why did Peter Thiel leap off of Jensen’s GPU ship? Because he’s now fully aligned with the “AI is a mirage” brigade, convinced this whole thing is one bad headline away from turning into a historical documentary narrated by Ken Burns. He’s been far more skeptical of AI “economics” than Masa Son, who will happily throw $20 billion at a napkin sketch if it contains the phrase “AGI by 1pm.” 

But both men hit the same existential wall: Nvidia is worth $5 trillion, up only 2% since September, and almost none of the AI companies buying these chips have business models that actually make money. The hype is unbelievable. The cash flow is… hypothetical at best. Honestly, they’re not wrong.

Say what you want about him, but Thiel’s been calling AI a hopium-fueled fantasy for a while now… and his 13F proves he’s ready to put money where the panic is. Deleting Nvidia stock from his brokerage account (and probably from his search history).

(Source: Marketwatch)

And Nvidia was only the beginning… Thiel went full scorched earth on everything else. His fund collapsed by almost two-thirds as he sprinted toward megacap safety, camping out in Apple, Microsoft, a slimmed down Tesla position, and a handful of niche AI startups (confirmation bias anyone?).

Meanwhile, hedge funds look just as confused. Across 909 filings, 161 increased Nvidia and 160 decreased it… a perfect 50/50 coin flip. Even the smartest money alive can’t figure out whether we’re early, late, or already inside the bubble. Some think Nvidia has another $5 trillion run ahead. Others are staring at GPU bills like, “Bro, the customers don’t even exist yet.” 

And yes, the AI evangelists can deliver TED Talks to inanimate objects about how misunderstood they are, but it’s undeniable that AI hype is officially in its “put up or shut up” chapter… and the richest oddballs in tech are suddenly playing defense.

At the time of publishing this article, Stocks.News holds positions in Meta, Apple, Microsoft, and Tesla as mentioned in the article.