# Jacob Helberg Inner Circle The **tight, trusted core** around [[Jacob Helberg]] — his Palantir-orbit patrons, his State Department principal, and the Hill & Valley co-founders. This is the small inner ring; the fuller directly-connected map lives in [[Jacob Helberg First Degree Connections]]. > Roster, not biographies. Each name links to its own page where the deep profile lives. ## Palantir origins & patrons | Person | Tie | |---|---| | [[Alex Karp]] | Helberg was Senior Advisor to the Palantir CEO — his direct patron | | [[Peter Thiel]] | [[Palantir]] chairman; the network anchor behind Helberg's rise | ## Government principal | Person | Tie | |---|---| | [[Marco Rubio]] | Secretary of State; Helberg's boss as Under Secretary for Economic Affairs | ## Hill and Valley Forum co-founders | Person | Tie | |---|---| | [[Delian Asparouhov]] | Co-founder; [[Founders Fund]] partner; Varda | | Christian Garrett | Co-founder | ## How to use this page vs. its neighbors - **This page** = the trusted core (patrons, principal, co-founders). - [[Jacob Helberg First Degree Connections]] = everyone directly connected, including policy and portfolio ties. - [[Hill and Valley Forum]] = the convening institution itself. ## See Also - [[Jacob Helberg]] — canonical biography - [[Palantir]] · [[Alex Karp]] · [[Hill and Valley Forum]] - [[Jacob Helberg First Degree Connections]] - [[Jacob Helberg Dossier]]