How did Palantir get so powerful? | If You're Listening

Name: How did Palantir get so powerful? | If You're Listening
Uploaded: 2026
Duration: 25 min

202625 minHD★ 7.7Society & Politics

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.

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