The article specifically mentions Lucy & Sesh. A quick Google search confirmed some suspicions: Sesh (2025): Max Cunningham is the Founder & CEO of Sesh, a nic

The article specifically mentions Lucy & Sesh. A quick Google search confirmed some suspicions: Sesh (2025): Max Cunningham is the Founder & CEO of Sesh, a nicotine pouch startup. In September 2025, Sesh raised $40 million in funding from investors including 8VC, a firm co-founded by Peter Thiel. David Renteln is the ceo of Lucy. I couldn't find a direct link between Thiel and Lucy, but it looks like Thiel has been friends with Renteln for a while and invested in Renteln's Soylent.