Summer 2026: Palantir vs. Unicorn?

Internship Question

I currently have 2 offers from Palantir and a unicorn company that isn't well known. Debating which one to take, I mostly care about resume value and growth.

Palantir is a SWE role in the NYC office. Don't have a team yet but most of their work seems interesting. I don't care about their controversy but do care if it reflects negatively on my resume. Pay is like 20% more for the internship, not sure about RO rate.

The unicorn is a remote SWE offer. Most of their work seems chill, typical CRUD, so I'd imagine I wouldn't learn a whole lot there, but they said RO rate is basically 100%, and they would go public in a few years. Not sure if I would miss out on a good opportunity here.

Any suggestion on which one I should take? I am not sure what I wanna do after graduating tbh, so whichever opens more doors seems better to me.

Posted Oct 3, 2025, 5:09 PM UTC

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