Don't forget settling a lawsuit with one of their principal competitors (i2), conducted under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO, yes the same law that Mob bosses are charged under, the judge in the case threw out all of their defenses not to be sued under RICO since what they did was so brazen) which would have resulted in triple damages -- they virtually had to settle or go out of business.

http://venturebeat.com/2011/02/16/palantirs-third-black-eye-...

The initial complaint reads like one of their sales/marketing demos.

Very sketchy company IMHO.

I once heard in an Alex Karp interview that they sold their products to other governments too(China and India IIRC). I found it quite odd, it would make sense to provide exclusive access to a particular government like the US or some other large country. This isn't a consumer product, it deals with a lot of sensitive data and i'm assuming a lot of governments would be wary of using the same product/company (especially one with 20 somethings at the helm).

edit: I'm not against 20-30 year olds running a company, but i'm assuming government officials would be.