{"id":695057,"date":"2025-10-16T02:50:11","date_gmt":"2025-10-15T23:50:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/this-thiel-backed-venture-allows-doping-in-its-own-sports\/"},"modified":"2025-10-16T02:50:11","modified_gmt":"2025-10-15T23:50:11","slug":"this-thiel-backed-venture-allows-doping-in-its-own-sports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/this-thiel-backed-venture-allows-doping-in-its-own-sports\/","title":{"rendered":"This Thiel-backed venture allows doping in its own sports"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed alignwide is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"This Thiel-backed venture allows doping in its own sports | Equity Podcast\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/klweA54_13A?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p id=\"speakable-summary\" class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Backed by Peter Thiel and Donald Trump Jr.\u2019s 1789 Capital, the Enhanced <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/game\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"7\" title=\"Game\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Game<\/a>s aims to disrupt the Olympics with a competition that allows athletes to dope. Launching in Las Vegas in May 2026, the games promise $1 million bounties for breaking world records and lean on a business model reminiscent of Red Bull\u2019s, using the spectacle as marketing for future enhancement products.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Today on TechCrunch\u2019s Equity podcast, Rebecca Bellan spoke with <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/arondsouza.com\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Aron D\u2019Souza<\/a>, co-founder and president of the Enhanced Games, about the business of enhancement, what it means to build in the longevity space, and who gets to do it.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Subscribe to Equity on<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/id1215439780\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\"> Apple Podcasts<\/a>,<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/overcast.fm\/itunes1215439780\/equity\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\"> Overcast<\/a>,<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/5IEYLip3eDppcOmy5DmphC?si=rZDFHv2sQUul_g94iCRgpQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\"> Spotify<\/a> and all the casts. 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