Palantir's Billionaire Co-Founder Just Sold These 3 Unbelievable Stocks

Few names carry as much weight in the tech world as Peter Thiel. His track record is legendary, as he co-founded both **PayPal **and Palantir. He was also one of Facebook’s first outside investors.

So when he makes moves with the portfolio of his hedge fund, Thiel Macro, investors should pay attention. And now that the latest round of Form 13Fs is available, we’re able to see what his actions were during the fourth quarter of 2025.

The results were shocking. At first, I couldn’t understand why he did what he did in Q4, but the more I think about it, his moves make complete sense for him.

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Thiel Macro’s stock portfolio is now empty

Entering Q4, Thiel Macro held stakes in just three companies: Tesla (TSLA 2.15%), Microsoft (MSFT +0.26%), and Apple (AAPL 0.48%). Now, it owns zero.

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NASDAQ: MSFT

Microsoft

Today’s Change

(0.26%) $1.03

Current Price

$401.63

Key Data Points

Market Cap

$3.0T

Day’s Range

$398.75 - $407.47

52wk Range

$344.79 - $555.45

Volume

1.7M

Avg Vol

32M

Gross Margin

68.59%

Dividend Yield

0.87%

The hedge fund has completely sold out of all the positions it held before, which may raise the question: Are those funds sitting in cash now? The answer to that is likely no. The law only requires fund managers to report on companies in their portfolios that are publicly traded, not on those that are still in the private sector.

This means that Thiel could be investing in artificial intelligence (AI) start-ups that he believes are more promising than the public tech companies he previously invested in. While we have no way of knowing if that’s really going on or not, it would make sense considering his track record.

So, what should investors do with this information? I think the idea here is to be ready to be nimble. Companies may rise and fall in the AI era at a moment’s notice, and you must be ready to pivot your investments into a completely different company if it’s clear that new AI offerings are taking the wind out of one of your prior positions. If you can do that, then there could be huge gains to be made.

However, without access to these private investments like Thiel has, average retail investors will be unable to invest in many of these cutting-edge companies. So, what should they do? I think there are a few publicly held players that will be long-term winners no matter what happens, including chip makers and designers. These companies will be winners as long as the AI buildout continues, and investors should keep looking to those stocks for exposure to the overall trend of increasing AI spending.