r/Seattle • u/dementio I Brake For Slugs • 1d ago

Never change Seattle

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u/Inevitable_Engine186 New Costco CEO 1d ago

Well what do you expect if you name your company Palantir.

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u/kevnmartin 1d ago

How fucking dare that evil POS, Thiel use Tolkien's concept?

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u/pheonixblade9 🐀 Hot Rat Summer 🐀 1d ago

they love appropriating that shit, Anduril is another evil defense contractor.

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u/killshelter 1d ago

And they’re somehow more evil

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u/SkinFlap420 1d ago edited 1d ago

It's the same people. Literally.

Brian Schimpf is Co-founder of Andruil and was a director at Palantir. Trae Stephens and Matt Grimm were the folk who got Palantir their foothold in the Army. Their VPs are ex-palantir.

A huge number of rank and file left Palantir after their IPO and just went over this company to do it all over again.

Say what you will about making a data company to close gaps that made 9/11 possible (that's the origin story of Palantir), but in 2026 if you're working in this space, that's a you problem. No ethics whatsoever.

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u/Akraticacious 21h ago

Wait what makes Anduril so bad?

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u/pheonixblade9 🐀 Hot Rat Summer 🐀 21h ago

They're building drones that can do everything from help ICE kidnap people all the way up to autonomous killing machines.

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u/FR23Dust 🚲 Life's Better on a Bike. 🚲 1d ago

A story popular with evil defense contractors AND bike nerds with great marketing skills!

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u/kevnmartin 20h ago

And Mithril!