> The company has committed major marketing blunders by giving itself a creepy vibe, which is a well-deserved reputation, down to the very name of the company. These errors are unnecessary and unforced self-sabotage.

I'm pretty sure this was very intentional and not a marketing blunder in any way.

It has long been a shtick of Alex Karp to be vague in answering questions where and how Palantir software is used.

I also don't think you can put Thiel and Musk, or rather Palantir and Tesla, in the same bucket here.

Tesla wants and needs to sell to common people. Palantir doesn't.