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Tlon Corporation‌​​​‍‌​‍‍‍‌‌‍‍​‌‌‍‍‌​​‌​

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Curtis Yarvin's company founded in 2013 to develop the Urbit computing platform
Tracked:Curtis Yarvin's company founded in 2013 to develop the Urbit computing platform · 12 documented connections
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Key Connections
→ Urbit Foundation organization
organizational_transfer
Urbit Foundation took over core development from Tlon
→ Founders Fund company
investment
Founders Fund provided $1.1 million funding to Tlon
→ Curtis Yarvin person
founder_company
Yarvin co-founded Tlon in 2013, left in 2019, returned in 2024
→ John Burnham person
founder_company
Burnham co-founded Tlon in 2013
← Curtis Yarvin person
founder
Co-founded the company in 2013 to develop Urbit
← Curtis Yarvin person
co-founder
Co-founded Tlon Corporation in 2013 to develop Urbit
← Galen Wolfe-Pauly person
co-founder/current controller
Co-founded with Yarvin in 2013, gained exclusive control in 2019
← John Burnham person
co-founder
Co-founded Tlon Corporation with Yarvin and Wolfe-Pauly
Facts (20)
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Fresh Last update: 2d ago · Avg age: 1708d
Confidence Tiers: Primary Source — cross-referenced government/corporate filings Pending Review — sourced but not independently verified AI Inference — analytical hypothesis from cross-referencing
Documented Records (19)
Sourced from government databases, press reports, and corporate filings. Not yet independently verified.
Primary Source Urbit operates as a decentralized personal server platform‌​​​‍‌​‍‍‍‌‌‍‍​‌‌‍‍‌​​‌​ based on functional programming in a peer-to-peer network
Primary Source Tlon Corporation has CIK number 0001727669 and IRS number 463922032‌​​​‍‌​‍‍‍‌‌‍‍​‌‌‍‍‌​​‌​, with headquarters at 2325 3RD STREET SUITE 428 SAN FRANCISCO 94107
Primary Source The Urbit address space is designed with arti‌​​​‍‌​‍‍‍‌‌‍‍​‌‌‍‍‌​​‌​ficial scarcity - only 4 billion planets total
Primary Source Urbit identities are sold as NFTs through an Ethereum smart contract, launched in 2017
Primary Source Several top employees resigned in protest when Yarvin returned to leadership in April 2024
Primary Source The Urbit address space consists of 256 galaxies, 65,280 stars, 4,294,901,760 planets, and comets in a hierarchical structure
Partially Corroborated The Urbit community has been estimated to have 'a few thousand' active users as of September 2022
Date: 2022-09-01 Added: 15 Apr 2026 ↗ SOURCE: The Point Magazine estimation 📋
Primary Source Urbit launched its first user version called OS1 in April 2020, functioning primarily as a 'bare-bones' text-based message board
Date: 2020-04-01 Added: 15 Apr 2026 ↗ SOURCE: Wikipedia and The Point analysis 📋
Primary Source Urbit's address space is structured hierarchically with users owning 'planets,' 'stars,' or 'galaxies' in a system initially designed around feudal terminology
Date: 2017-01-01 Added: 15 Apr 2026 ↗ SOURCE: Wikipedia and The Point Magazine analysis 📋
Primary Source Tlon subsequently disbursed its naked galaxies among employees, removing Tlon and urbit.org's controlling share of the Senate
Date: 2020-08-15 Added: 15 Apr 2026 ↗ SOURCE: Urbit.org blog post 📋
Primary Source In August 2020, Curtis' former galaxies were marked as Tlon's 'naked galaxies'
Date: 2020-08-15 Added: 15 Apr 2026 ↗ SOURCE: Urbit.org blog post 📋
Primary Source Tlon Corporation is headquartered at 2325 3RD STREET SUITE 428 SAN FRANCISCO 94107
Primary Source Tlon Corporation raised $20,232,601 from 29 investors on March 29, 2018
Primary Source Tlon Corporation named after Jorge Luis Borges short story 'Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius'
Primary Source Tlon Corporation owns approximately half of the entire address-space on the Urbit network
Primary Source Founders Fund and Andreessen Horowitz invested $1.1 million in Tlon Corporation
Primary Source Tlon Corporation co-founded by Curtis Yarvin, Galen Wolfe-Pauly, and John Burnham
Date: 2013-01-01 Added: 08 Apr 2026 ↗ SOURCE: Crunchbase listing shows three founders 📋
Primary Source Tlon Corporation is the corporate vehicle of the open-source Urbit software stack and was founded by Curtis Yarvin
Primary Source Tlon received $1.1 million in funding from Peter Thiel's Founders Fund and Andreessen Horowitz
Raw Filing Records (1) — unsourced metadata
Partially Corroborated Tlon Corporation's CIK number is 0001727669
All Connections (12)
→ Urbit Foundation organization
organizational_transfer confirmed
Urbit Foundation took over core development from Tlon
→ Founders Fund company
investment confirmed
Founders Fund provided $1.1 million funding to Tlon
→ Curtis Yarvin person
founder_company confirmed
Yarvin co-founded Tlon in 2013, left in 2019, returned in 2024
→ John Burnham person
founder_company confirmed
Burnham co-founded Tlon in 2013
← Curtis Yarvin person
founder confirmed
Co-founded the company in 2013 to develop Urbit
← Curtis Yarvin person
co-founder confirmed
Co-founded Tlon Corporation in 2013 to develop Urbit
← Galen Wolfe-Pauly person
co-founder/current controller confirmed
Co-founded with Yarvin in 2013, gained exclusive control in 2019
← John Burnham person
co-founder confirmed
Co-founded Tlon Corporation with Yarvin and Wolfe-Pauly
← Peter Thiel person
investor confirmed
Invested in Tlon through Founders Fund, gave $100,000 to co-founder John Burnham in 2011
investor confirmed
Co-invested $1.1 million with Founders Fund in Tlon Corporation
← Galen Wolfe-Pauly person
co-founder and CEO confirmed
Co-founded Tlon with Curtis Yarvin and serves as CEO
← Founders Fund company
investor confirmed
Joint investment with Andreessen Horowitz totaling $1.1 million
Sources (36)
— ↗ Crunchbase profile states this ownership structure web_search Processed
— ↗ Wikipedia and multiple sources confirm the $1.1M investment web_search Processed
2013-01-01 ↗ Wikipedia and multiple sources confirm 2013 founding web_search Processed
— ↗ Technical description from multiple sources web_search Processed
— ↗ Crunchbase and CypherHunter company profiles web_search Processed
— ↗ Multiple sources including Wikipedia confirm the funding amount web_search Processed
2013-01-01 ↗ Wikipedia and multiple sources confirm founding web_search Processed
2013-01-01 ↗ Crunchbase company profile web_search Processed
2018-03-29 ↗ SEC filing information from whoisraisingmoney.com web_search Processed
— ↗ SEC filing information from whoisraisingmoney.com web_search Processed
— ↗ Urbit.org official documentation and multiple sources confirm scarcity model web_search Processed
2017 ↗ Multiple sources describe the NFT-based address space sales web_search Processed
2024-04 ↗ Wikipedia and other sources report employee resignations web_search Processed
— ↗ Wikipedia and technical documentation describe the address hierarchy web_search Processed
— ↗ Crunchbase company profile states this ownership concentration web_search Processed
2013 ↗ Wikipedia and multiple sources confirm the funding amount and investors web_search Processed
2022-09-01 ↗ The Point Magazine estimation web_search Processed
2020-04-01 ↗ Wikipedia and The Point analysis web_search Processed
2017-01-01 ↗ Wikipedia and The Point Magazine analysis web_search Processed
— ↗ Crunchbase company profile web_search Processed
2013-01-01 ↗ Wikipedia and multiple venture capital tracking sources web_search Processed
2013-01-01 ↗ Multiple primary sources including Wikipedia, Crunchbase, and company materials web_search Processed
2020-08 ↗ Urbit.org blog post web_search Processed
2020-08 ↗ Urbit.org blog post web_search Processed
2013 ↗ Crunchbase and multiple sources web_search Processed
— ↗ SEC filing data from whoisraisingmoney.com web_search Processed
— ↗ Wikipedia article on Urbit web_search Processed
— ↗ SEC filing database web_search Processed
2018-03-29 ↗ SEC filing data from whoisraisingmoney.com web_search Processed
— ↗ Wikipedia and New Yorker articles confirm the naming origin web_search Processed
— ↗ Crunchbase and CypherHunter describe Tlon's ownership of Urbit address space web_search Processed
— ↗ Wikipedia and multiple sources confirm joint investment by Peter Thiel's Founder… web_search Processed
2013-01-01 ↗ Crunchbase listing shows three founders web_search Processed
2013-01-01 ↗ Multiple sources including Crunchbase, Wikipedia, and New Yorker confirm Yarvin … web_search Processed
— ↗ Wikipedia and Crunchbase web_search Processed
— ↗ Wikipedia article on Urbit platform web_search Processed