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I think the difference is that Palantir is significantly more focused on federal contracts, particularly those related to defense/surveillance.
by biophysboy 10mo ago
I think the difference is that Palantir is significantly more focused on federal contracts, particularly those related to defense/surveillance.
- heavyset_go 10mo agoLarge tech companies are defense contractors now.
- nurettin 10mo agoWDYM "now"? Companies that get large enough get contracts. Even apple sold power macs iphones and ipads to us mil.
- koakuma-chan 10mo agoI'm throwing out my iPhone and moving to Tibet.
- XorNot 10mo agoCompanies that submit bids for contracts get contracts. You would be surprised at the diversity of size and scale of companies which service defense contracts in particular - very small companies can end up in big supply chains because they're the ones who turn up to make the part.
- AndrewKemendo 10mo agoIs there a time they weren’t? Google got their first DoD contract in 2003 from DARPA.
- stocksinsmocks 10mo agoFacebook was Life Log, Oracle was Project Oracle. None of the household names in tech are playing straight.
- AndrewKemendo 10mo agoWhat does “Playing straight” mean? There doesn’t exist a serious technology company ever in the history of technology that didn’t support the state they incorporated in.