I'm speculating here, which is in part, why I am interested in this discussion. I think they will issue additional shares shortly. The most likely use of funds is to scale and manage their sales division.
Isn't their secretiveness equivalent to your privacy? I don't know what an FOIA request is, but maybe they should be, maybe not, I don't know.
Everything that is publicly available states that Palantir does not do surveillance or intelligence gathering...Or data collecting, gathering or mining. I have not used the platforms, but others here seem to validate…
I chose a trowaway account explicitly because I recognize this as a controversial topic. That does not mean I am not interested in discussion - I am, genuine discussion. I don't know what a sea-lion account is. That…
I think it's more accurate to say Palantir is a data analysis company. The differences would be better compared to a company like Snowflake. Perhaps that would explain the greater number of engineers, the timeline and…
I think that statement is inaccurate. They do not work with only organizations like DHS and law enforcement. In general, I think roughly 40-60% of their work is with what you described and the rest is commercial…
Your statement is true. However, I think broadly, control is important. In this case, we are talking about Founders maintaining control, creating mechanisms to avoid a loss of control, under circumstances where control…
This is my understanding as well, which is why I was hoping someone on HN might be able to clarify OP's claim it's threat to liberty. Instead I am being downvoted. Is there no room for genuine curiosity on HN?
I don't think Palantir going public is about liquidity for insiders. Rather, I think it is about access to public capital markets. Obviously, it does both, but I think the impetus is access to public capital markets.
Genuinely curious, how is Palantir a threat to liberty?
I'm speculating here, which is in part, why I am interested in this discussion. I think they will issue additional shares shortly. The most likely use of funds is to scale and manage their sales division.
Isn't their secretiveness equivalent to your privacy? I don't know what an FOIA request is, but maybe they should be, maybe not, I don't know.
Everything that is publicly available states that Palantir does not do surveillance or intelligence gathering...Or data collecting, gathering or mining. I have not used the platforms, but others here seem to validate…
I chose a trowaway account explicitly because I recognize this as a controversial topic. That does not mean I am not interested in discussion - I am, genuine discussion. I don't know what a sea-lion account is. That…
I think it's more accurate to say Palantir is a data analysis company. The differences would be better compared to a company like Snowflake. Perhaps that would explain the greater number of engineers, the timeline and…
I think that statement is inaccurate. They do not work with only organizations like DHS and law enforcement. In general, I think roughly 40-60% of their work is with what you described and the rest is commercial…
Your statement is true. However, I think broadly, control is important. In this case, we are talking about Founders maintaining control, creating mechanisms to avoid a loss of control, under circumstances where control…
This is my understanding as well, which is why I was hoping someone on HN might be able to clarify OP's claim it's threat to liberty. Instead I am being downvoted. Is there no room for genuine curiosity on HN?
I don't think Palantir going public is about liquidity for insiders. Rather, I think it is about access to public capital markets. Obviously, it does both, but I think the impetus is access to public capital markets.
Genuinely curious, how is Palantir a threat to liberty?