Silicon Valley 'sex assault list' with 'over 100' names circulated

A private spreadsheet circulating in Silicon Valley lists “over a hundred” alleged sexual predators - including prominent investors, businessmen and people tied to major tech and AI companies - as a whisper network to warn female tech workers. Multiple insiders and victims contributed accounts alleging drugging, sexual assault and rape, and described a pattern in which friendship and professional introductions are used to manipulate or coerce younger, isolated or newly arrived women as well as high-profile “trophy” targets. Sources say many victims fear reporting to police because they risk blacklisting or retaliation that could end budding careers; verifying the allegations in the document is uneven.

Several named episodes center on tech “hacker houses” and founder communities. Founder Yehong Zhu says she reported a 2021 rape by a former Genesis house member who fled and was not arrested; a Muse resident describes being dosed with ketamine and then assaulted while organizers minimized the complaint and proposed mediated resolution; and a former Launch House resident says founders removed an alleged perpetrator, changed locks and offered police help, though she declined to pursue charges. House organizers and lawyers contacted by sources pledged support for law enforcement or said they were unaware of specifics, and some communities have revised conduct policies in response.