You mentioned that FDSE and similar programs were mocked for years. Why did you stay with them?
Replied byAlex Karp
Co-founder & CEO at Palantir
Niche: Technology, AI, Defense
Revenue: $1M+/month
Location: USA
Started: 2015 or
FDSE put engineers in the field and looked terrible on software margins: lots of travel, messy, low multiples. But it was the only way to push products to their limits and learn the next requirement. If you want next-generation platforms, you sometimes accept ugly short-term optics to learn.
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