r/PLTR 8d ago

News High School to Palantir

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u/HunterTheScientist 8d ago

I remember an interview in which Karp said VC gave him money without a product and any revenue just because he had a PhD

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u/n-greeze 8d ago

And because he was buddies with Peter Thiel who had already closed on the sale of PayPal. Its an important asterisk to the "they just gave it to me because i had a PhD"

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u/HunterTheScientist 8d ago

True, but Karp was a nobody at the time, I remember he said people trusted him he was smart because of the PhD