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 …
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
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...
Sources: following Thiel-related controversy and declining private valuations, Palantir is giving employees larger bonuses and improved stock options
er, bonuses will continue at Palantir until morale improves Tweets: Lizette Chapman / @lizette_chapman : Scoop from me: Palantir slashes its own stock price for employees. Raises question (again) arou...
Sources: Thiel's Founders Fund bought $15-$20M in bitcoin, now worth hundreds of millions, spread across multiple funds, one of which began investing in mid-'17
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