that is not a problem for palantire.rces say the company generated revenues last year topping $1.5 billion. pal lan tir's software allows government agencies to see relationships among a large amount of data such as phone records. and that's one reason it needs so many different facilities. it sometimes has to operate in offices outfitted with special security. >> i'm sure that their computers are behind double locked doors that they need biometrics to enter into those buildings into those rooms. and more than bye metrics i'm sure they have to have a special pass code. and so the idea is it's physically locked down. >> reporter: beyond security, palantire wants to stay close to stanford university when it recruits top talent. palantire is the most popular destination among private companies for stanford computer science graduates according to data from the linked in. palantire's expansion is a boon for the palo alto economy but it squeezes the city's startup community. venture capitalists say it is is fundamentally chang