You say Palantir was built to give America an unfair advantage. How does that belief show up in the way you pick products and customers?
Replied byAlex Karp
Co-founder & CEO at Palantir
Niche: Technology, AI, Defense
Revenue: $1M+/month
Location: USA
Started: 2015 or
We pick missions that give America an edge in war, counter-terrorism, reshoring, and manufacturing. We see soldiers and workers as people who assumed the world might not work for them yet still fight. That keeps us from building parasitic products; we build tools that make them safer and more effective.
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