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With Gen Z facing an uphill battle in today\u2019s job market, and many facing mounds of student loan debt, a growing number of young people have conceded that pursuing a degree may have been a worthless endeavor\u2014and some business leaders are agreeing.<\/p>\n

In fact, top employers today aren\u2019t \u201ceven talking about degrees\u201d anymore, the Great Place to Work CEO Michael Bush, previously told Fortune. \u201cThey\u2019re talking about skills.\u201d<\/p>\n

Alex Karp, the CEO of Palantir, is one of the latest executives to publicly question the value of traditional schooling.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you did not go to school, or you went to a school that\u2019s not that great, or you went to Harvard or Princeton or Yale, once you come to Palantir, you\u2019re a Palantirian\u2014no one cares about the other stuff,\u201d Karp said during an August 2025 earnings call.<\/p>\n

The 58-year-old added that his company is building a new credential \u201cseparate from class or background.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is by far the best credential in tech. If you come to Palantir, your career is set,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Palantir\u2019s hot streak is thanks to workers who want to \u2018bend the arc of history\u2019<\/p>\n

Palantir now pulls in revenue near\u2014or above\u2014$1 billion each quarter, with its stock price rising over 100% in 2025 alone. While its market cap now sits over $316 billion at time of publication, it is down from Palantir\u2019s blockbuster fall 2025, when its value topped $475 billion.<\/p>\n

But according to Karp, the secret to their rise hasn\u2019t been luring workers with a bougie headquarters or scooping up Ivy League talent\u2014it\u2019s bringing together a workforce that isn\u2019t prideful of their fancy college degree, or lack thereof.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a feeling echoed by Shyam Sankar, Palantir\u2019s chief technology officer who joined the billionaires club last year thanks to the recent increase in company value.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are able to attract and retain and motivate people who actually want to bend the arc of history here, work on the problems that drive outcomes,\u201d Sankar said last August.<\/p>\n

Palantir\u2019s disdain for existing methods of education and talent development goes beyond just talk. Karp and fellow Palantir cofounders Peter Thiel and Joe Lonsdale have been supporters of the University of Austin, a new four-year school that prides itself on being centered around free speech and being \u201canti-woke.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

Fortune reached out to Palantir for comment.<\/p>\n

Palantir wants to attract young talent\u2014but also cut its workforce<\/p>\n

Palantir is currently hiring for dozens of roles across the company, including in product development and U.S. government roles\u2014alongside multiple positions specifically for interns and new graduates.<\/p>\n

Last year, the company also notably established the Meritocracy Fellowship, a four-month, paid internship for high school graduates who may be having second thoughts about higher education. Program admission is solely based on \u201cmerit and academic excellence,\u201d but applicants still need Ivy League-level test scores to qualify. This includes at least a 1460 on the SAT or a 33 on the ACT, which are both above their respective 98th percentiles.<\/p>\n

According to Karp, the internship was created in direct response to the \u201cshortcomings of university admissions.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cOpaque admissions standards at many American universities have displaced meritocracy and excellence,\u201d the Palantir posting said. \u201cAs a result, qualified students are being denied an education based on subjective and shallow criteria. Absent meritocracy, campuses have become breeding grounds for extremism and chaos.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cEverything you learned at your school and college about how the world works is intellectually incorrect,\u201d Karp added to CNBC in February 2025.<\/p>\n

Successful interns will be interviewed for full-time roles. \u201cSkip the debt,\u201d the posting read. \u201cSkip the indoctrination. Get the Palantir Degree.\u201d<\/p>\n

However, this young talent may be hired just to build programs that will eventually lead to their replacement by AI. Karp admitted last year that he hopes to reduce his workforce by 500 employees.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re planning to grow our revenue \u2026 while decreasing our number of people,\u201d Karp told CNBC in August. \u201cThis is a crazy, efficient revolution. The goal is to get 10x revenue and have 3,600 people. We have now 4,100.\u201d<\/p>\n

A version of this story originally published on\u00a0Fortune.com\u00a0on Aug. 7, 2025.<\/p>\n

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