$PYPL PayPal Tape Reports
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That's probably not that far off, especially when you think about the surveillance and defense work and I'll get back to that and explain it in more detail and how it all works. But I think we should also take a quick detour and talk about the history of the company because that's quite interesting as well. So Palantir was founded in 2003 by Peter Thiel, Alex Karp, who is also the current CEO, Joey Lonsdale, Stephen Cohen, and Nathan Gettings. And the idea actually goes back to one of our favorite companies of all time, PayPal. And I say that somewhat ironically because we lost some money on that bet. Obviously, Peter Thiel also founded that company PayPal, and he repeatedly had problems with fraud. As you can imagine, it's a payment provider. There are a lot of people who want to take advantage of that. And the fix he eventually came up with was that, you know, you could have a mix of software which could sort of surface suspicious patterns by going through a ton of data, and then you have a judgment call of a human that is still at the end. And it's at least then the most accurate thing that you could do. And then something happened in the US, and that was 9/11. And it became clear that US agencies generally had all the information they needed to stop the attack from happening, but the information was scattered across different agencies that couldn't bring it all together in time. Again, going back to this ontology idea, they had all the information, but it was not on one map. They didn't know who can communicate to who. And that was the idea. And that's why, and also how Peter Thiel got the idea for Palantir. Because he thought, what if you could build a system that connects all of these fragmented, seemingly unrelated data points to map out hidden criminal behavior similar to what he did with PayPal, just on a whole nother scale.
Daniel Mahncke — The Investor's Podcast (We Study Billionaires) - The Investor’s Podcast Network · TIP841: Palantir – Palantir is Cheaper than I Thought! w/ Daniel Mahncke & Shawn O’Malley · 2026-08-27Stig Brodersen: I think we all don't fully know what goes on in Peter Thiel's mind, but I would say there's something to say about that being a strategic choice as well, that Peter Thiel might not be the best person for the CEO job. He had the vision certainly, but he might not have been the guy who wants to be the CEO of the company. Actually, if you think about PayPal, he wasn't the CEO there either for a very long time. He just generally tends to work more on building new stuff and maybe gaining influence in both the tech founder world, but then also in politics, which seems to be more interesting to him nowadays. And I would say that's at least how it seems to me. And I don't know as well as you what Peter Thiel's reputation is in the US, but I can tell you that it's not that great here in Germany. And I'm sure there's more of a spotlight on him since he was born in Germany. That could be one of the reasons. But I think getting international deals with governments might just be easier, especially considering the sensitive information needed if Peter Thiel is not the CEO. Although I got to say, Alex Karp is probably on his best way of getting an equally bad reputation. And again, he might be viewed more critically here in Germany too because he actually lived here and he studied here for over a decade. Actually, fun fact, he got his PhD at the Goethe University, which is also where I studied. And his doctoral advisor was the famous German philosopher Jürgen Habermas.
Daniel Mahncke — The Investor's Podcast (We Study Billionaires) - The Investor’s Podcast Network · TIP841: Palantir – Palantir is Cheaper than I Thought! w/ Daniel Mahncke & Shawn O’Malley · 2026-08-27Welcome back to Motley Fool Hidden Gems Investing. And I do want to point out that we do have listener questions on this podcast. You can email us at podcast@fool.com. Keep it short, keep it Foolish, and remember that we can't give personalized investing advice. But if you can meet all those three requirements, then email us at podcast@fool.com and we'd be happy to consider your question for this podcast. And we're going to take a second one today, and he's done such a good job at keeping it short and Foolish here. Here's the question from David. I've Notice that when acquisitions or possible acquisitions are announced, the company being purchased, i.e., Warner Bros. Discovery or PayPal, has a stock price surge. What are the benefits for investors holding those companies post-acquisition, and what happens if the acquisition is not allowed by the courts? Rachel?
Jon Quast — Motley Fool Hidden Gems Investing · 1 Earnings Report That Could Move the Market · 2026-08-24Every sale comes down to a single second, the one between buy now and maybe later. PayPal is built to help your business win that moment with a checkout experience that feels certain, reliable, and familiar. With a global two-sided network and hundreds of millions of buyers who already know us. All to keep you in control however buying happens next. New markets, new AI-powered selling services, a whole new agentic era where you decide how your business will show up and stand out. PayPal is built to help your business come out ahead. We're built for payments, built for growth, built for agentic. PayPal Open, built for all business. Visit paypalopen.com to get started. That's PayPalOpen.com.
Speaker K — Bloomberg Intelligence · Broadcom Seeks More Than $60 Billion in Latest AI Debt Deal · 2026-08-21Every sale comes down to a single second, the one between buy now and maybe later. PayPal is built to help your business win that moment with a checkout experience that feels certain, reliable, and familiar. With a global two-sided network and hundreds of millions of buyers who already know us. All to keep you in control however buying happens next. New markets, new AI-powered selling services, a whole new agentic era where you decide how your business will show up and stand out. PayPal is built to help your business come out ahead. We're built for payments, built for growth, built for agentic. PayPal Open. Built for all business. Visit PayPalOpen.com to get started. That's PayPalOpen.com.
Speaker K — Bloomberg Intelligence · Broadcom Seeks More Than $60 Billion in Latest AI Debt Deal · 2026-08-21Every sale comes down to a single second, the one between buy now and maybe later. PayPal is built to help your business win that moment with a checkout experience that feels certain, reliable, and familiar. With a global two-sided network and hundreds of millions of buyers who already know us. All to keep you in control however buying happens next. New markets, new AI-powered selling services, a whole new agentic era. Where you decide how your business will show up and stand out. PayPal is built to help your business come out ahead. We're built for payments, built for growth, built for agentic. PayPal Open. Built for all business. Visit PayPalOpen.com to get started. That's PayPalOpen.com.
Speaker K — Bloomberg Surveillance · Bloomberg Surveillance TV: August 18th, 2026 · 2026-08-18One of the more irritating parts of this market is the insistence of loving fintech. The analysts just love fintech. And the 3 that they love are SoFi, Klarna, and now PayPal. Look, I totally understand it. I think— but you don't need to reiterate every day, people. We understand PayPal may be a takeover candidate. Klarna is really doing great. SoFi is going to come back. Just stop. Analysts, stop recommending these. Let them go to where they are on the downside and then you can recommend them. But this endless let's keep the ball in the air is a— it's a a volleyball thing, except you really only can touch it 3 times. You— I really think that what's happened is, is that, that, that PayPal, when they just— when we heard that they might get a takeover bid, it made it— made everything really exciting to people.
Jim Cramer — Squawk on the Street · 9AM Hour: Memory Chips Rally, Anthropic's AI Boost, Trump's Message on Iran War and Gas Prices 8/17/26 · 2026-08-17But I just think, no, just go buy Wells Fargo and JP Morgan. Go buy JP Morgan over Klarna. Okay. Or over PayPal.
Jim Cramer — Squawk on the Street · 9AM Hour: Memory Chips Rally, Anthropic's AI Boost, Trump's Message on Iran War and Gas Prices 8/17/26 · 2026-08-17