What do we know about billionaire Peter Thiel's secret society Dialogue, and who are its members?

A secret society known as "Dialog," founded in 2006 by billionaire and PayPal co-founder Peter Thiel along with investor Auren Hoffman, has recently come under scrutiny after internal documents leaked online. These documents, reportedly discovered by Swiss hacker and activist Maia Arson Crimew, reveal previously unknown details about the operations of this exclusive network, which brings together hundreds of influential individuals from politics, business, technology, academia, and the financial sector. According to reports by Wired, Dialog functions as a private, invitation-only organization where members can engage in informal discussions on a wide range of topics, from economics and geopolitics to personal matters. The group holds annual gatherings at luxury locations such as the Ritz-Carlton in Arizona and California, as well as the palace of San Clemente in Venice.

The leaked data includes information about membership, participation in events, political affiliations, residences, and access tokens for user accounts. This revelation has sparked significant interest due to the high-profile nature of many of its members, including current and former government officials, senators, Silicon Valley entrepreneurs, diplomats, academics, journalists, and celebrities. Among the names listed are General Alexus Grynkewich, the Supreme Allied Commander for Europe; U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent; Deputy Secretary of Defense Dan Driscoll; Acting Director of the DEA Hallie Hoffman; Senators Ted Cruz and Cory Booker; Congressman Jim Himes; Governors Wes Moore and Jared Polis; legal counsel for Google DeepMind Tom Lue; former Federal Reserve Governor Randy Kroszner; director of the Anti-Defamation League Jonathan Greenblatt; Nobel laureate Roger Myerson; Jared Kushner, son-in-law of former President Donald Trump; YouTube CEO Neal Mohan; music manager Scooter Braun; political commentator Ezra Klein; Washington Post reporter Souad Mekhennet; actors Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Sophia Bush; evangelical pastor Rick Warren; and others.

Several billionaires associated with Dialog have also been identified, including Elon Musk, Eric Schmidt, Peter Thiel, Henry Kravis, Marcos Galperin, Mike Cannon-Brookes, Scott Cook, Barry Sternlicht, Nicolas Berggruen, John Arnold, Joe Lonsdale, and Reid Hoffman. Notably, the group appears to have a dedicated website, dating.dialog.org, designed to connect members interested in romantic relationships, offering the promise of finding "meaningful connections for exceptional people." Despite the lack of public presence on the internet, Dialog's members rarely speak publicly about the organization, maintaining a veil of secrecy around their activities.

According to the leaked documents, the upcoming meeting is planned for August in Ireland, specifically near Dublin. The agenda includes panels on topics ranging from whether money buys happiness to how to prepare for World War III, nuclear energy revival, and even the topic of participants' sexual lives. One particularly unusual session titled "How to Create a Cult" will be moderated by the founder of a Christian platform called Pray. The inclusion of such diverse and sometimes controversial subjects highlights the eclectic mix of ideas and perspectives within the group.

Among the attendees expected to participate is General Alexus Grynkewich, who has attended Dialog meetings since 2021. Other notable figures include current administration officials from the Trump era, two U.S. senators, former heads of intelligence services in the Middle East, and founders and directors of major American companies involved in surveillance, data trading, and advertising databases. None of these individuals used official email addresses for registration, opting instead for private accounts, thereby keeping their involvement outside the scope of public records accessible under freedom of information laws.

What unites many of the participants is a shared fascination with artificial intelligence, longevity, and the near future. On registration forms, attendees were asked to predict the future, and responses consistently revolve around the transformative impact of AI on work, warfare, education, and beliefs. Some anticipate mass job displacement and a resurgence of unions, while others foresee an AI winter, domestic terrorism targeting data centers, defendants preferring AI lawyers over public defenders, or a religious renaissance triggered by social upheaval. One participant wrote in the form that "social decay will continue to accelerate." Members also list their talents, which include mimicking accents, skiing in the wild, and meditative and psychedelic explorations of reality. Recommended books focus heavily on literature centered around technological advancement and societal transformation.