A look at Palantir's new four-month “Meritocracy Fellowship” for high school graduates, which offers a path to a full-time Palantir job without a college degree
I'm 100% choosing the palantir grad every single time. … Dileep Rao, Ph.D. : Alex Karp: Is College a Waste? — Alex Karp is encouraging students to dump college to work for him. This is a very inter...
Palantir reports Q2 revenue up 48% YoY to $1B, vs. $940M est., and boosts full-year outlook guidance to $4.142B-$4.150B, up from $3.89B-$3.90B; PLTR jumps 5%+
where the economy ‘weakens in a self-reinforcing fashion’ Larry Dignan / Constellation Research : Palantir's software revolution: Forget sales people, let value do the talking Loredana Harsana / Watch...
A profile of Figma CEO Dylan Field, a former Thiel fellow whose Figma stake is worth ~$6.6B after the company ended its NYSE debut week with a $71B+ market cap
Mark Zuckerberg may be the most famous college-dropout-turned-tech- billionaire. Dylan Field is the latest …
Meta shareholders suing Mark Zuckerberg and Meta leaders over alleged Cambridge Analytica privacy violations reach a settlement deal, ending an $8B trial
This firm was used by Putin to get Trump elected in USA through political propaganda and Brexit in UK. Ian Turner / @juiceianturner : No mention on the BBC site about Cambridge Analytica's involvement...
Tech industry fears the fallout from the Musk-Trump rift, as some prominent tech right figures downplay its permanence; source: David Sacks was “shell-shocked”
Internet Calls It ‘Battle Of The Century’ Mikala Theocharous / 9News : Kanye West weighs in on Musk-Trump split Bluesky: Brian Merchant / @bcmerchant : Even if the Musk-Trump feud is permanent, he wil...
AI hiring startup Mercor, founded by 21-year-old Thiel fellow Brendan Foody, raised $100M led by Felicis at a $2B valuation, up from $250M in September 2024
- Mercor uses AI to help with hiring for employers and workers — Felicis, General Catalyst and Menlo backed $100 million deal
A look at ACTS 17 Collective, a nonprofit devoted to introducing Christianity to technologists by asking Peter Thiel and other executives to discuss their faith
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/11/b... @rinkytone : “We were always taught as Christians to serve the meek, the lowly, the marginalized. I think we've realized that the rich, the wealthy, the powerful need ...
How H-1B workers from India and other countries help the US remain dominant in tech, as some on the new “Tech Right” discover MAGA's racial-nationalist bigotry
Can't say I did not see this coming, tbh. — x.com/LauraLoomer/... @thetnholler : In-fighting : “The new MAGA coalition has officially had its first internal debate - over H-1b visas. It started whe...
Sources: Founders Fund seeks ~$3B for its third growth equity fund; it raised $3.4B for its second growth fund and $1.8B for its eighth early-stage fund in 2022
It also will have access to the incoming White House, thanks to Thiel's longtime support of President-elect Trump. — www.axios.com/2024/12/24/f...
Russia's RT, banned by major platforms in March 2022, has found an audience on Thiel-backed Rumble, often pushing Russian propaganda about the Ukraine invasion
Danny Hakim / New York Times : Tweets: @timryan and @maddow See also Mediagazer Tweets: Tim Ryan / @timryan : JD Vance backed a company spreading butcher Vladimir Putin's propaganda. He continues to ...