Raytheon, Lockheed, and Boeing all hire ex-Pentagon/Defense officials as well so the official "lobbying #s" are probably low for all of them. ;)
I think Palantir's goal is to burn as hot as it can for as long as it can, then coast on the residuals of its government contracts. [e.g. Make the kind of "open bid contacts" that require automatically fails anyone not Palantir]
Plus, it's not that helpful to look at lobbying spend as a percentage of revenue. It takes a certain amount to be in the game. Then you get some decreasing returns.
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Raytheon, Lockheed, and Boeing all hire ex-Pentagon/Defense officials as well so the official "lobbying #s" are probably low for all of them. ;)
I think Palantir's goal is to burn as hot as it can for as long as it can, then coast on the residuals of its government contracts. [e.g. Make the kind of "open bid contacts" that require automatically fails anyone not Palantir]
Plus, it's not that helpful to look at lobbying spend as a percentage of revenue. It takes a certain amount to be in the game. Then you get some decreasing returns.
Yep. It is more about who you know and the ability to pay people to talk to "those people" full time.