The war inside Palantir: Data-mining firm ties to ICE under attack by employees

Re:The war inside Palantir: Data-mining firm ties to ICE und... by notJim on Thursday August 22, 2019 @02:19PM (#20770926)

> Their core business is data analysis.

This is like saying Raytheon's core business is antennas. Yes, Palantir does data analysis, specifically for ICE, the military and the police.

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:The war inside Palantir: Data-mining firm ties to ICE und... by prepend on Thursday August 22, 2019 @02:47PM (#20771201)

Palantir is private so hard to know revenue breakdown. But hard to believe that over 50% of their revenue (what I would consider core) comes from ICE, military and police.

I found this article [0] from 2018 that said half of its $1B in revenue comes from government and the other half from corporate.

So if every penny of government work comes from ICE and ICE-likes maybe that’s core.

[0] https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-01-16/palantir-...

[ Parent | on HN ]

[dead]

Re:The war inside Palantir: Data-mining firm ties to ICE und... by akusete on Thursday August 22, 2019 @10:56PM (#20774200)

I believe Peter Thiel is a US citizen (previously a German and, more recently a NZ citizen) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Thiel

[ Parent | on HN ]