He references this [1] which doesn&#x27;t talk at all about [2], but does give some interesting connections to Florida and the shell company he allegedly set up to steal trade secrets from a competitor (it was eventually settled out of court after the judge found the suit eligible under the civil portion of RICO [3])<p>Rumor on the street is the settlement was about equal to one entire mega round of funding that Palantir&#x27;s took around that time [4].<p>It must have worked though, they&#x27;ve been bought out by private equity and had more than a billion dollars pumped into them to keep them afloat and growing.<p>1 - <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.forbes.com&#x2F;sites&#x2F;quora&#x2F;2012&#x2F;09&#x2F;18&#x2F;how-did-shyam-sankar-join-palantir&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.forbes.com&#x2F;sites&#x2F;quora&#x2F;2012&#x2F;09&#x2F;18&#x2F;how-did-shyam-s...</a><p>2 - <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.scribd.com&#x2F;doc&#x2F;36371667&#x2F;i2-v-palantir-080910" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.scribd.com&#x2F;doc&#x2F;36371667&#x2F;i2-v-palantir-080910</a><p>3 - <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.phibetaiota.net&#x2F;2010&#x2F;10&#x2F;journal-palantir-flush-with-cash-sued-for-racketeering&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.phibetaiota.net&#x2F;2010&#x2F;10&#x2F;journal-palantir-flush-wi...</a><p>4 - <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.crunchbase.com&#x2F;organization&#x2F;palantir-technologies#&#x2F;entity" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.crunchbase.com&#x2F;organization&#x2F;palantir-technologie...</a>