Palantir: The All-Seeing Tech Giant

Palantir: The all-seeing tech giant

What does Palantir do? Named after the mystical seeing stones in J.R.R. Tolkien's Lord of the Rings, the secretive tech firm sells software that can crunch colossal troves of data. Depending on the application, that might include GPS data, text messages, social media profiles, legal filings, phone records, and thousands of other information points, which it distills into charts, maps, and other forms of intelligence. Palantir's specialty is dete…

Deloitte partners with Palantir on new commercial and government solutions

Deloitte US has entered a strategic alliance with data and AI software firm Palantir to co-develop solutions for commercial and government clients. The Big Four accountancy says they have already developed a Deloitte-Palantir Enterprise Operating System (EOS), which combines Deloitte’s IP and domain expertise with Palantir’s Foundry and AIP platforms.