Sam Altman once admitted he keeps a “go bag” and has an agreement with Peter Thiel to flee to New Zealand if things collapse. “Altman said in 2016 the pair would lay low at one of Thiel’s properties in New Zealand.” https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-12974609/What-know-Worlds-billionaires-building-bunkers-assembling-fortresses-outside-mansions.html
Thiel’s bunker plans near Lake Wanaka were blocked by New Zealand’s local council. “Independent commissioners reported that Thiel’s bunker design would ‘substantially detract from the quality and naturalness of the outstanding natural landscape.’” https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-12974609/What-know-Worlds-billionaires-building-bunkers-assembling-fortresses-outside-mansions.html
Mark Zuckerberg is building a $270 million fortress beneath his Hawaiian estate. “Late last year it emerged Mark Zuckerberg was building a $100 million hidden fortress buried beneath his Hawaiian island ranch, complete with its own energy and food supplies and blast-resistant doors.” https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-12974609/What-know-Worlds-billionaires-building-bunkers-assembling-fortresses-outside-mansions.html
Altman, Thiel, and Zuckerberg aren’t prepping for weather. They’re prepping for collapse. Private islands. Blast doors. Hydroponic farms. Not one of them trusts the system they helped build.
No one’s asking why the richest men in tech are building escape hatches. No hearings. No press questions. Just permits, land grabs, and silence.
They say AI will save the world. They’re building bunkers in case it doesn’t.