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Nabeel S. Qureshi

Founder @ Stealth Startup

Writer, entrepreneur, and ex-Palantir product lead.

β€œHow Palantir built the ultimate founder factory, covering product design, startup building, and team leadership.”

Career History

CompanyRoleYears
Stealth StartupFounder~2024-present
Mercatus CenterVisiting Scholar in AI Policy~2023-present
PalantirForward-Deployed Engineer~2016-2024
GoCardlessFounding Employee & VP of Business Development~2012-2016

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β€œSo, the way this originated was, basically, you can think of it as there's two types of engineer at Palantir. So, there's one that works on the core products. So, they don't necessarily leave the buil...”
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How Palantir built the ultimate founder factory | Nabeel S. Qureshi (founder, writer, ex-Palantir)

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β€œYeah. I don't recall the exact stat, but we did ramp up production, I think at least 4X that 1 year, which I mean obviously, they did this and we just helped with it. But that CEO said that we played ...”
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How Palantir built the ultimate founder factory | Nabeel S. Qureshi (founder, writer, ex-Palantir)

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β€œ... problems associated with it, and you start to go in really interesting directions.”
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How Palantir built the ultimate founder factory | Nabeel S. Qureshi (founder, writer, ex-Palantir)

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β€œI think this is a really interesting thesis you've just hit on, and I expect to see a lot more startups that take advantage of that insight.”
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How Palantir built the ultimate founder factory | Nabeel S. Qureshi (founder, writer, ex-Palantir)

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β€œI do, yeah, Glean looks amazing from the outside. So many differences there, I can totally see why you would say this, but-”
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How Palantir built the ultimate founder factory | Nabeel S. Qureshi (founder, writer, ex-Palantir)

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β€œPalantir was, as far as I remember, quite anti-PM for a while and eventually we did need them because we just got more serious about product testing.”
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How Palantir built the ultimate founder factory | Nabeel S. Qureshi (founder, writer, ex-Palantir)

1:05:51
β€œI think that's right. Yeah, they use a really good model and so it rarely makes mistakes even when I think it's quite challenging. And then, yeah, the UX I think they just nailed. So that's really goo...”
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How Palantir built the ultimate founder factory | Nabeel S. Qureshi (founder, writer, ex-Palantir)

1:22:18
β€œAnd so I think just becoming a cyborg to the extent that you can. And then I think there's this barbell thing of, it's also important to just leave everything at go touch grass just for your own menta...”
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How Palantir built the ultimate founder factory | Nabeel S. Qureshi (founder, writer, ex-Palantir)

1:28:06
β€œI don't have a good answer to that one. I guess I don't buy enough stuff.”
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How Palantir built the ultimate founder factory | Nabeel S. Qureshi (founder, writer, ex-Palantir)

1:32:58
β€œMy favorite novel is Anna Karenina, and I would recommend that everyone read Erica.”
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How Palantir built the ultimate founder factory | Nabeel S. Qureshi (founder, writer, ex-Palantir)

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