Palantir

Premium Magic Leap's new CEO Peggy Johnson. Stephen McCarthy / Getty Images This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now. Magic Leap has had a heck of a 2020. Earlier this year, the much-hyped augmented reality startup had a massive layoff as…

Well, that was fast. This morning, I analyzed Palantir’s newly published fifth amendment of its S-1 filing with the SEC as it pursues a public direct listing on the NYSE. I called the company “not a democracy” after it added new provisions to create a special mechanism called “Stockholder Party…

On Monday, activists organized by the immigrant rights group Mijente are kicking off a week of protests ahead of Palantir’s public direct listing on September 29th.  The first protest, on Monday, will be in Palo Alto as a "Good riddance" celebration as the company is moving its headquarters from the…

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Peloton’s product lineup is both getting cheaper and more expensive, Nintendo announces a new retro device and Palantir reveals more about its governance plans. This is your Daily Crunch for September 4, 2020. The big story: Peloton might expand its product lineup Peloton is preparing to add new products at…

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A secretive software-maker says hello to the stockmarket—and goodbye to Silicon Valley“ONE NEVER really knows who one’s enemy is.” The words of Jürgen Habermas, a noted Frankfurt School philosopher, are a good point of departure for understanding Palantir Technologies. On August 25th the controversial software firm, named after a magical…

Palantir Technologies, a data-mining company with deep ties to U.S. intelligence and military agencies, has shed a good deal of its trademark secrecy about its business in filing for a Wall Street stock offering.Like many other tech companies, it will be going public without ever turning a profit.In filings with…

Palantir CEO Alex Karp, left, and director Peter Thiel will exercise outsized control over the company, thanks to special shares they will hold. Chesnot/Getty Images; Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now. Palantir has an unusual voting structure…