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Billionaire Palantir Co-Founder On Iran Threats, AI PSYOPs & CIA Funding | PBD 751

March 3, 2026|Original: 1h 37m|10 key insights|5 min read

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How PayPal's fraud problem ($7-8M/month in losses) accidentally inspired Palantir's $400B empire

The brutal rejection: 30 top VCs laughed him out of rooms—including Kleiner Perkins mocking his co-founder's PhD

Why Palantir recruited using 'spies'—smart young operatives who mapped out the best talent at Stanford, MIT, Harvard

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