Barry McCardel on Why Everyone Is Copying Palantir’s Playbook (And Getting It Wrong)
About this episode
Barry McCardel discusses Palantir's business model and the evolution of data analytics with Eric Newcomer.
Barry McCardel spent years at Palantir before co-founding Hex, the AI data platform he describes as “Cursor for data.” In this conversation with Eric Newcomer, he breaks down Palantir’s business model, the truth about forward deployed engineers, how AI agents are changing data analytics and business intelligence, and why Hex is taking a different path in enterprise software.They also get into AI agents, the future of data work, the reinvention of business intelligence, whether white-collar jobs are really at risk, and the fight over Anthropic, defense tech, surveillance, and government power.
Topics covered
- Palantir's business model
- AI data platforms
- data analytics
- business intelligence
- enterprise software
- AI agents
- future of work
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