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Re:A prickly patriot: Palantir’s prospectus reveals losses, ... by roenxi on Friday August 28, 2020 @04:57AM (#24302802)
Yeah but ... consistently? Quarter after quarter? In advance of an IPO? No obvious uptrend in profit despite rising revenue? Obviously they won't get rich following my advice but I don't want to be on the hook providing the fuel for that fire.

I'm looking forward to seeing who will buy this thing; risky is an understatement looking at the P&L graph in the article. Lucky this youthful startup has only been around for 17 years. Maybe once it can legally start drinking it will find its way.

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Re:A prickly patriot: Palantir’s prospectus reveals losses, ... by jhou2 on Friday August 28, 2020 @07:10AM (#24303517)
Amazon lost money every quarter as well for years. There is a huge market in government and defense IT globally that Palantir could potentially tap into. Historically, it's been IBM's gig, but that could change very quickly.
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Re:A prickly patriot: Palantir’s prospectus reveals losses, ... by arethuza on Friday August 28, 2020 @07:43AM (#24303724)
Amazon chose to invest money in growing its business - presumably with a lot of new products and infrastructure to support them.

Government and defence IT is a service business - where do you invest the money?

Note: I'm not saying they don't invest the money, just curious where it goes.

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Re:A prickly patriot: Palantir’s prospectus reveals losses, ... by pixl97 on Friday August 28, 2020 @08:56AM (#24304281)
Features, requirements, scope, datasets. It's not like services are cheap and easy to make.

The other part of .Gov contracting is integrating so tightly that you become a defacto standard that is not easily replaced. Then lobbying to ensure you keep that position.

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Re:A prickly patriot: Palantir’s prospectus reveals losses, ... by foobiekr on Friday August 28, 2020 @03:58PM (#24309272)
You really need to look at this in cashflow terms, not paper losses. Amazon and Palantir are not equivalent at all.
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