Mike Solana is the Chief Marketing Officer at Founders Fund and founded Pirate Wires, a media company covering tech, politics, and culture. Mike Solana's Twitter Score is 467 out of 1000 (an Excellent rating) as of October 2026, ranked #395 (top 0.1%) out of 497,973 accounts, with 400,985 followers as of October 2026 and 39,255 posts.
Mike Solana started Pirate Wires in 2020 as a newsletter that grew into a website and podcast, and serves as its Chief Editor. Mike Solana also founded Hereticon. In 2023, Pirate Wires raised funding from Peter Thiel and Founders Fund. Mike Solana has noted that the affiliation gives Pirate Wires access and insight into tech and finance, though it can create reporting constraints around portfolio companies, whose reported crypto-relevant investments include Polymarket and Pudgy Penguins.
Mike Solana's coverage has touched directly on crypto. In June 2024, Pirate Wires posted that Donald Trump was launching an official $DJT token spearheaded by Barron Trump; no Trump family member subsequently confirmed the token was official, and the token rose in price after the post then fell quickly. In December 2024, Pirate Wires reported that Kalshi employees were secretly paying social media personalities to accuse Polymarket CEO Shayne Coplan of illegal activity, with the report disclosing that Pirate Wires had a conflict of interest as Polymarket was an advertiser. Mike Solana has been mentioned by 408 accounts, with 1,080 total mentions.
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Mike Solana's follower base spans a range of notable accounts. The accounts that follow Mike Solana include 2,001 founders, 559 angel investors, 516 influencers and 34 VCs, among them Balaji, Brian Armstrong, Chris Dixon, Marc Andreessen, Nikita Bier and Toly.