""With any person, company, or concept, the general public really only has space in their head for one characteristic of it," says Palantir alum Marc Frankel, cofounder, board member, and former CEO of Manifest, which creates software and AI "bill of materials"-think ingredient labels for critical software. "Biden: old. AI: scary. Palantir: secretive." Frankel worked at Palantir from 2013 to 2018,"
"Believers: Palantir's a "category of one" company, according to Everest Group partner Abhishek Singh in a blog post last year, crediting its forward deployed engineering model where it embeds teams with customers to tailor its products to their business.Critics: Conservative comedian Tim Dillon calls it a "shadowy military-CIA contractor" building a "digital prison." Investing bulls: "They're the best software company," concluded Gil Luria, head of technology research at the financial services company D.A. Davidson."
Palantir provokes a single dominant impression in many minds, reducing complex realities to a trope. Public associations range from secrecy and political connotations to technophobia about AI. Supporters argue Palantir is a "category of one," citing a forward-deployed engineering model that embeds teams with customers to customize solutions. Critics worry about intelligence and military ties and warn of surveillance risks. Financial results show accelerating enterprise adoption, including 204 deals worth $1 million or more in a quarter and 53 deals exceeding $10 million, driven by Foundry and AI platforms. Skeptics question sustainability given a market capitalization near $400 billion and valuation multiples around 100x revenue.
Read at Fast Company
Unable to calculate read time
Collection
[
|
...
]