Palantir's secret weapon is the closeness and affinity to the DoD.
The tech stack ontological model is flexible like Salesforce so that it can be jammed into any task or contract quicky. It isn't engineered, it's glued in.
They're able to do this fast because they have a flexible model and because they have the friendly relationships.
Their moat deepens every year with every new integration.
It's smart as hell, actually. That's why they're swimming in money. And government contracts are about as lucrative as you can get.
Engineers turn their nose at this, but look who has tapped into this wealthy revenue stream. While we preen about good architecture, they can retire for a thousand thousand lifetimes.
> Palantir's secret weapon is the closeness and affinity to the DoD.
Is it a secret? I got an impression that it has been well known. How could you get any big number contracts without former secretaries or retired generals in your board or in your ‘consulting’ team?
echelon|8 days ago
The tech stack ontological model is flexible like Salesforce so that it can be jammed into any task or contract quicky. It isn't engineered, it's glued in.
They're able to do this fast because they have a flexible model and because they have the friendly relationships.
Their moat deepens every year with every new integration.
It's smart as hell, actually. That's why they're swimming in money. And government contracts are about as lucrative as you can get.
Engineers turn their nose at this, but look who has tapped into this wealthy revenue stream. While we preen about good architecture, they can retire for a thousand thousand lifetimes.
wbsun|8 days ago
Is it a secret? I got an impression that it has been well known. How could you get any big number contracts without former secretaries or retired generals in your board or in your ‘consulting’ team?
bluegatty|8 days ago
They're a gov. contracting agency, with some re-usable components, that's it.
If they deliver stuff that works, good, if not, bad.
There's nothing interesting about 'ontology'
runarberg|8 days ago
This may be one of the most tone deaf, american imperialist sentiment, I’ve heard on HN for a while.
Engineers who have any sense of morality have a pretty good reason to turn their nose at this, and there is no but needed to follow that sentence.