<story><title>Palantir Wins $876M U.S. Army Contract</title><url>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-03-09/peter-thiel-s-palantir-wins-876-million-u-s-army-contract</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>spondyl</author><text>Palantir had a booth at a Summer internship expo I went to once. I asked them what the deal was with helping the NSA in their surveillance capabilities and what not. The guy said he was impressed that &amp;quot;I had the courage to ask tough questions&amp;quot; and asked for my details. They sent me a test but not being super experienced as a dev, I didn&amp;#x27;t get much further than that. I still got a free shirt so I can rep them when we&amp;#x27;re full 1984 :)</text></comment>
<story><title>Palantir Wins $876M U.S. Army Contract</title><url>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-03-09/peter-thiel-s-palantir-wins-876-million-u-s-army-contract</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>osrec</author><text>They look more and more like a consulting firm each day. My previous employer spent £40m with them, only to get nowhere close to the expected project deliverables. We did get a nice looking dashboard though...</text></comment>