Going All In On Palantir, Hims and Duolingo w/Christian Darnton

2026-02-09 · 5 company · 5 thematic

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christian darnton

Longtime Palantir shareholder who influenced host's initial purchase; writes investment thesis on Substack; focuses on Bezos/Amazon playbook pattern recognition — iteration culture, long-termism, talent density — as causal drivers of FCF/share compounding; applies framework across Duolingo, Hims & Hers, and Palantir.

antonio linares

Antonio Linares runs a concentrated six-stock portfolio plus micro investments, focusing on 'singularity scalers' — companies with proprietary data moats that compound value via AI scaling laws. He bought Palantir at ~$7, held through 2022-2024 drawdowns, and teaches a course on modern value creation processes. His framework emphasizes betting early on extraordinary companies, holding forever, and learning from concentrated mistakes.

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“All of the early Palunteer investors were were totally spot on. And I personally think especially with Dualingo, the same will happen today.”

—christian darnton

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