> Other interesting facts: Palantir was/is based out of
> Palo Alto, CA and occupies a large chunk of Palo Alto's
> commercial office real estate. It's main office once, or
> still does, occupy Facebook's former headquarters
> building, 100 Hamilton Ave, from its early days.
Facebook was headquartered out of 156 University Avenue until 2012, when they moved their headquarters to the campus in Menlo Park.
When I was recruited by and received an offer from Theranos (turned them down because they seemed super shady even during prime hype time before Carryou's first article), they were incredibly proud of themselves for having an HQ in facebook's old building in Palo Alto.
Also, they totally played up the security angle with a mega NDA and security guards who escorted me to and from my car, and another level of security guards to walk me around during the tour and someone even waited outside the restroom while I peed.
One of the biggest things that turned me off about them was the founders crazy Lamborghini looking sports cars in designated spots at the front of the building CLOSER THAN THE HANDICAPPED PARKING SPACES. Like... you call yourselves a medical lab testing company yet your little ego trip is shafting real medical patients? Get over yourselves.
Best call of my career, and now I have an "I turned down Theranos before we knew they were a fraud" happy hour tale.
