Former Palantir employees say that the startup's workforce has been 'itching to go public' — and the pandemic may have helped speed the secretive company's IPO filing

· Earlier this month, Palantir, the secretive data analytics startup confidentially filed for an IPO, which has surprised some outsiders.
· But Palantir employees are "really itching to go public," said one former employee who spoke on condition of anonymity because workers are sworn to secrecy about company operations when...