Свежие новости и отзывы о Palantir

Senator Elizabeth Warren doesn’t seem too unhappy about being labeled “dangerous” by investor Peter Thiel . Thiel, who co-founded PayPal, Palantir and Founders Fund, made the comments in an interview on Fox News with Tucker Carlson, where he described most of the Democratic presidential field as “equally unimpressive” and called Warren “the dangerous one.” “I’m […]... →

Одна из самых закрытых но при этом обсуждаемых ИТ компаний на рынке Palantir может провести IPO в 2020 году, сообщил Bloomberg. Про деятельность Palantir мало что известно, кроме того, что она разработала решение, анализирующее большое количество данных, еще до бума big data на рынке, а ее клиентами являются Минобороны США и  Department of Homeland Security, объединяющий все агентства, занимающиеся борьбой с преступностью, терроризмом, разведкой и проч. Также у компании есть частные клиенты, в том числе так... →

Банк обещает пользователям возможность купить и сразу же продать акции Airbnb, Palantir и других компаний.... →

Data mining firm Palantir’s software was used by a US government agency during an operation in 2017 in which immigrants crossing the border were arrested for deportation, newly released documents (PDF) have shown, contradicting the $20 billion firm’s earlier public statements. The Immigration and Customs Enforcement documents, obtained by advocacy organization Mijente through Freedom of Information […]... →

Palantir just landed a landmark contract with the U.S. Army worth north of $800 million. The Washington Posts reports that the Silicon Valley data analytics company was tapped over traditional defense contractor Raytheon on the project, which tasks Palantir with delivering a comprehensive combat intelligence hardware and software suite to replace the Army’s outdated system, […]... →

This is the Palantir, Airbnb and Flexport backer's fourth growth-stage venture capital fund.... →

Консалтинговая компания EquityZen подсчитала личное состояние основателей компаний-единорогов - крупнейших в мире стартапов, чья оценка превысила $1 млрд. Первое место в рейтинге занял основатель Tesla и SpaceX Илон Маск, на втором месте фаундеры Airbnb, на третьем - достаточно неожиданно основатели самой закрытой в Кремниевой долине компании Palantir (настолько закрытой, что до конца не известно, чем именно и для кого она занимается). На четвертом и пятом месте основатель Uber Тревис Каланик, потерявший не... →

Palmer Luckey’s defense project just crawled out of stealth mode. Between a flattering new Wired piece and its first few official tweets, the secretive year-old company known as Anduril is stepping into the light. Anduril, based out of Orange County, was founded quietly in June 2017 by Oculus founder Palmer Luckey, three former Palantir employees […]... →

Exactuals, a software service offering payments management for the music industry, is debuting r.ai, a new tool that it’s dubbed the “Palantir for music”. It’s a service that can track songwriting information and rights across different platforms to ensure attribution for music distributors. As companies like Apple and Spotify demand better information from labels about […]... →

Turns out there is a link between Peter Thiel’s secretive big data analytics firm, Palantir, and Cambridge Analytica — the political consulting firm at the center of the current Facebook data misuse scandal. Facebook responds to data misuse Starting in 2013, the New York Times reports that a UK-based Palantir employee worked with Cambridge Analytica — going […]... →

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Студенческая команда с проектом по раздаче интернета на смарт-контрактах Wafer выиграла главный приз $50 тысяч на хакатоне по разработке блокчейн-проектов BlockchainHack, который проходил с 1 по 2 июля в Москве. Об этом Firrma сообщили организаторы хакатона.   На участие в конкурсе подали заявки 45 команд из разных городов России. Из них эксперты отобрали 27 команд для участия в соревновании.  Программисты должны были за два дня создать работающий прототип блокчейн-проекта. До финальных питчей добрались 25 ... →

Фонд председателя совета директоров Mail.Ru Group Дмитрия Гришина – Grishin Robotics стал лид-инвестором раунда A компании Wonder. Об этом Firrma сообщили в пресс-службе фонда. Общая сумма сделки составила $14 млн. Среди прочих инвесторов – корпорация TCL, фонды 8VC, Moonshots Capital и несколько бизнес-ангелов ангелов, включая международных футбольных звезд Жерара Пике и Неймара, а также певицу Шакиру.  Стартап разрабатывает новую мобильную экосистему для геймеров. Ранее в Wonder инвестировали основатель S... →

Addepar, the provider of data collection and monitoring services for the financial industry (it’s Palantir’s somewhat less ethically compromised cousin), has raised a whopping $140 million in its latest round of funding. The company’s financing, which likely makes it a unicorn if it wasn’t already (company chief executive Eric Poirier refused to comment on the… Read More... →

OpenDoor, Oscar Health, Palantir and now Merlon Intelligence. Bradford Cross, founder of the venture capital firm Data Collective is joining the ranks of VCs who have caught the entrepreneurship bug, abandoning a cushy lifestyle for one with considerably more volatility. His latest startup, Merlon Intelligence, services banks, helping them cut down on risk and put a stop to money laundering. Read More... →

Palantir has reached a settlement with the U.S. Department of Labor over a lawsuit alleging racial discrimination against Asian people in the company’s hiring and selection processes for engineering roles. As part of the agreement, Palantir will pay $1.7 million in back wages and other types of monetary relief, like stock value options, to those affected. Palantir will also extend… Read More... →

A new report by the Intercept provides some compelling specifics on collaboration between Palo Alto’s secretive big data shop Palantir and the intelligence agencies that it keeps on its client roster. While some broad strokes are known about Palantir’s relationship with spy agencies, the finer points seldom see daylight. That guarantee of secrecy that no doubt aids the… Read More... →

The hot air around young and savvy tech startups is not going anywhere, despite dark prophecies that saw 2016 as the “winter is coming” year. Snapchat and Airbnb are warming up on the sidelines of an IPO, BuzzFeed, Palantir and Uber are snatching hundreds of millions of dollars every couple of months and young startups with no revenues and almost no users raise tens of millions… Read More... →

Silicon Valley is no stranger to protests against tech companies. But it’s unusual when the tech workers themselves protest tech. Such was the case this morning in front of Palantir headquarters in Palo Alto where 50 people in the tech community came out in the pouring rain to demand the data mining startup take a firm stand against the makings of a Muslim registry. The organizers… Read More... →

Merck, the German multinational chemical and pharmaceutical company, is teaming up with Silicon Valley’s highest-profile data and analysis software company, Palantir, to more quickly develop new drugs and, hopefully, improve patient outcomes. The idea at the start is for the companies to partner on three of Merck’s business sectors: healthcare, life sciences, and performance… Read More... →