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Peter Waldman

Best Article Business Tech

Palantir Knows Everything About You

“All human relations are a matter of record, ready to be revealed by a clever algorithm. Everyone is a spidergram now.”

Peter Waldman, Lizette Chapman, Jordan Robertson Businessweek Apr 2018 20min Permalink

Business

Inside Alabama’s Auto Jobs Boom

Cheap wages, little training, and crushed limbs.

Peter Waldman Businessweek Mar 2017 15min Permalink

Business Crime Food

How Hampton Creek Sold Silicon Valley on a Fake-Mayo Miracle

With Just Mayo, Josh Tetrick wanted to build the first sustainable-food unicorn. He’ll need to fend off the feds first.

Peter Waldman, Ellen Huet, Olivia Zaleski Businessweek Sep 2016 20min Permalink

Business World

How to Get Into an Ivy League College—Guaranteed

Tony Ma will bet you as much as $600,000 to train your student for college acceptance. If the student gets into their top choice school, Ma takes the cash. Rejected? He gets nothing.

Peter Waldman Businessweek Sep 2014 15min Permalink