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![garrytan Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:24/cr:twitter::11768582.png) Garry Tan [@garrytan](/creator/twitter/garrytan) on x 587.9K followers
Created: 2025-05-04 18:43:35 UTC

Funny early Palantir story 

We were doing some of our first sales meetings for Palantir and (team was all under XX at the time) and were staying at the Mandarin Oriental 

We said hey this is a startup! Why are we wasting money on this?

Alex Karp said the people you’re selling to will ask you where you are staying. And we aren’t selling Motel X software. We are selling Mandarin Oriental software.


XXXXXXX engagements

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