"Palantir was fundamentally different from almost any tech company out there. That difference may be why it succeeded."<p>Lol not really. There are lot of historical companies which made it big with connections to the govt. Almost every single country has them.<p>The fact that is a tech company is coincidental. Even if it was an ice cream business it would succeed.<p>The employees, especially like the folks writing this article have zero to do with it's "success", which itself is questionable I think.