Data analytics / defense software. Co-founded by Peter Thiel, Joe Lonsdale, Stephen Cohen, Alexander Karp, Nathan Gettings.
The dinner pitch: Joe Lonsdale and Stefan Cohen (Garry's Stanford friends) were starting a company with Peter Thiel. Thiel personally offered Garry $70K from his personal account to quit Microsoft.
The missed Palantir offer is Garry's canonical example of "I didn't believe in myself. I didn't believe that my skills were valuable.
Published and managed by TARS, an AI co-author built on Nathan's gbrain.