THIS ANTI-AGING START-UP IS CHARGING THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS FOR TEEN BLOOD

https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2017/06/this-anti-aging-start-up-is-paying-thousands-of-dollars-for-teen-blood

Like most plot points on HBO’s Silicon Valley, a recent episode in which tech oligarch Gavin Belson receives blood transfusions from a “blood boy” to help keep him young is actually rooted in reality—just ask Peter Thiel. “I’m looking into parabiosis stuff, which I think is really interesting. This is where they did the young blood into older mice and they found that had a massive rejuvenating effect,” the tech billionaire and Trump adviser told Inc. magazine. “I think there are a lot of these things that have been strangely under-explored.”

Jesse Karmazin agrees. His start-up, Ambrosia, is charging about $8,000 a pop for blood transfusions from people under 25, Karmazin said at Code Conference on Wednesday. Ambrosia, which buys its blood from blood banks, now has about 100 paying customers. Some are Silicon Valley technologists, like Thiel, though Karmazin stressed that tech types aren’t Ambrosia’s only clients, and that anyone over 35 is eligible for its transfusions.

“I don’t want to say the word panacea, but here’s something about teenagers,” Karmazin told New Scientist. “Whatever is in young blood is causing changes that appear to make the aging process reverse.”

Ambrosia: the startup harvesting the blood of the young

https://www.theguardian.com/society/shortcuts/2017/aug/21/ambrosia-the-startup-harvesting-the-blood-of-the-young

So this guy wants young people's blood for his company. He was going to be in Trump's administration.

"Silicon Valley Investor Peter Thiel Will Join Trump's Transition Team"

http://fortune.com/2016/11/11/thiel-trump-transition-team/

Silicon Valley billionaire investor Peter Thiel is joining President-elect Donald Trump’s team transition team.

Trump’s camp confirmed the decision on Friday after news had leaked out the day before in a report by former Fortune editor Dan Primack.

Thiel was a rare voice in Silicon Valley who publicly supported Trump during his presidential race, including speaking at the Republican National Convention and donating $1.25 million to Trump’s campaign. Many fellow technologists attacked Thiel for his Trump endorsement, which he later defended by saying he disagreed with Trump on some of his most inflammatory comments but agreed with his overall vision.

Thiel, who will serve on the Trump transition executive committee alongside Trump’s children, Ivanka, Eric, and Donald Jr., stands to gain from possible policy decisions by the Trump administration. For example, he’s an investor in ride-hailing company Lyft, which is subject to regulatory scrutiny for its challenge to the taxi industry, and co-founder of data crunching company Palantir, which is a government contractor.

When Trump was elected however he completely changed his tune and ignored Peter.

"Trump reportedly told Peter Thiel they'd be friends for life — and then ghosted him"

http://www.businessinsider.com/trump-told-peter-thiel-theyd-be-friends-for-life-then-ghosted-him-2018-1

"Peter Thiel was the only major Silicon Valley mogul to publicly back Donald Trump's presidential campaign. Trump showered Thiel with praise but failed to return his calls after he was elected president, according to Michael Wolff's "Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House."

"Trump showered Thiel with praise but failed to return his calls after he was elected president, according to Michael Wolff's "Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House."

Interesting. If true, I wonder why the POTUS cut all contact with him? Also I made a typo in the heading by mistake. Meant *teenagers.