Palantir tops founder talent-density ranking, beating Stanford; CEO Karp touts 'Palantir degree'
BrettKrieger12 · x · 2026-10-31
Deedy's Top 50 ranking of the most talent-dense breeding grounds for founders puts Palantir at #1, Stanford at #2 and surprisingly Yahoo at #3. Palantir CEO Alex Karp responded that 'the Palantir degree is the most valuable degree in the US, bar none — that wasn't the case 20, 10 or 5 years ago. It is now.'
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