How did Palantir get so powerful? | If You're Listening
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In the aftermath of 9/11, the problem wasn’t just intelligence failure, it was information stuck in silos. The FBI and CIA had pieces of the puzzle, but no shared picture. Enter Palantir: a company built on the premise that data, if stitched together properly, could surface threats before they metastasise. Co-founded by Peter Thiel and Alex Karp, Palantir’s early pitch was deceptively simple: give analysts the ability to see connections across messy datasets without compromising privacy. The arrival of large language models has supercharged what Palantir was already doing: ingesting, structuring, and interrogating enormous amounts of information. The result is a shift from finding needles in haystacks to, arguably, predicting where the needles will land. It’s powerful, unsettling, and very on-brand for a company named after an all-seeing stone from Lord of the Rings. Watch all episodes of If You're Listening - in our playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDTPrMoGHssAfgMMS3L
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