Palantir Technologies

Palantir Technologies is a public American software company that specializes in big data analytics. It was founded by Peter Thiel, Nathan Gettings, Joe Lonsdale, Stephen Cohen, and Alex Karp in 2003. Palantir’s name is derived from The Lord of the Rings where the magical palantír were indestructible balls of crystal used for communication and to see events in other parts...