As I never tire of repeating:
All tentacles lead to Thiel.
Ramaswamy, for one . . .
Ramaswamy is a Yale-mate of J.D. Vance.
Vance was bankrolled by Thiel in his political campaign AND invested in Vance’s venture-capital fund, Narya.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/zacheverson/2022/05/06/thiel-was-good-for-10-million-but-jd-vances-other-billionaire-backers-were-good-for-nothing/?sh=63b06be82c16