

Clearview AI was founded in 2017 by Hoan Ton-That and Richard Schwartz after transferring the assets of another company, SmartCheckr, which the pair originally founded in 2017 alongside Charles C. Johnson.[12][4] The company was founded in Manhattan after the founders met at the Manhattan Institute.[1] The company initially raised $8.4 million from investors including Kirenaga Partners and Peter Thiel
Of course Thiel is involved. That guy should really be not around anymore.
It’s hard to get people to care about things. I’ve gotten a couple people to switch to signal (which I hope is good), but I have one holdout who keeps saying “ill switch later”. I don’t understand why “take 3 minutes to install signal” can’t be done right now, but I’m not a mess of depression, anxiety, and debt, so I’ve just been giving them gentle reminders every so often.