Hacked: Peter Thiel hosting secret event in Wicklow hotel

Palantir founder Peter Thiel will host a gathering this August at the Powerscourt Hotel in Wicklow – with 87 of the 222 guests listed as first-time attendees.

Leaked records for the meeting of the most powerful people in world politics and defence name NATO Europe commander Alexus Grynkewich, US treasury secretary Scott Bessent and Republican senator Ted Cruz as attendees.

Billionaire Peter Thiel co-founded Dialog in 2006.

It convenes US officials, government figures and Silicon Valley executives at off-the-record annual retreats and has spent two decades refusing to disclose its members.

Its 2026 gathering runs from 12-16 August at the Powerscourt Hotel in Enniskerry. 

Bring Back Nuclear, Navigating WWIII and Battlefield Technologies are among the titles of planned sessions at the Irish event, according to an investigation by Swiss hacktivist maia arson crimew.

Other talks include Build-a-Cult moderated by the founder of the Christian networking site Pray.com, and Build-a-Party run by a former White House national security official.

Palantir is complicit in Israel’s genocide in Gaza, according to the BDS movement.

The Powerscourt Hotel has been contacted for comment.