also Thun has a history in robotics/ai/machine learning so it is in his wheelhouse. Solar, Electric Vehicles, and Space travel were well outside Paypal's expert

also Thun has a history in robotics/ai/machine learning so it is in his wheelhouse. Solar, Electric Vehicles, and Space travel were well outside Paypal's expertise, but one of it's co-founders went on to revolutionize all three of those industries... and many people called him crazy for even considering to launch his own rockets into space.