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Those are excellent reasons to move to another area. I think that relocating to other areas makes fantastic sense for lots of companies, Palantir included. My p
by CobrastanJorji 6y ago
Those are excellent reasons to move to another area. I think that relocating to other areas makes fantastic sense for lots of companies, Palantir included. My point, though, was that Palantir went out of their way to rail against the values and culture of Silicon Valley in their S-1. Repeatedly. These are all quotes from their S-1:
> Our company was founded in Silicon Valley. But we seem to share fewer and fewer of the technology sector’s values and commitments.
> Our roots in the intelligence community and defense sector introduced us to unique demands that many companies in Silicon Valley and elsewhere did not address: security, stability, and transparency
> Palantir was founded on the premise that the most critical challenges cannot be solved from the comforts of Silicon Valley.
This all makes more sense now that we know they were planning to move shortly, but it still struck me as weird and political. It read to me like "Remember, US government, we don't get wishy washy about using technology for military purposes like some of those other, differently-valued companies."
- gumby 6y ago> Our company was founded in Silicon Valley. But we seem to share fewer and fewer of the technology sector’s values and commitments. They didn’t have to go all the way to denver: just leave the valley for San Francisco Which is full of companies that share palantir’s philosophy of never making a profit.
- deevolution 6y agoColorado is home to Lockheed Martin, one of the largest US defense contractors. Sounds like a solid culture fit for Palantir.
- FireBeyond 6y ago> Our roots in the intelligence community and defense sector introduced us to unique demands that many companies in Silicon Valley and elsewhere did not address: security, stability, and transparency The absolute laughability of anything around Palantir being associated with "transparency". Or perhaps their "demands" around transparency were "we want nothing to do with it".
- MrGando 6y ago> Our company was founded in Silicon Valley. But we seem to share fewer and fewer of the technology sector’s values and commitments. I mean, looking at their line of work and what they're doing with technologies such as image-recognition, and the contracts they seem to be getting, I agree. Anecdotally, whenever they come up in conversation here in the Bay people seem to not like them very much.
- enra 6y ago> Our company was founded in Silicon Valley. But we seem to share fewer and fewer of the technology sector’s values and commitments. I think this point is basically about how Palantir have had generally hard time hiring in SV. People don't align with their values or generally want to work for companies that build tech for government agencies.