Is Palantir Built To Last?
The takeaway
Palantir picks its people for one rare skill, and picks how much of the world it will sell to.
Palantir publishes the criteria it interviews against. This video reads that document, then uses it to ask three questions: whether the people are unusually good, whether the founders still control the company, and how much road is left ahead.
Everything here comes from Palantir's own SEC filings, its 2020 listing document, and its public careers pages. Every figure is listed with its source at the bottom.
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