Свежие новости и отзывы о Palantir

Palantir, the data analytics company co-founded by Peter Thiel, is already an active tech player in the scrum for federal contracts, but it’s playing a new and increasingly prominent role in providing the government with software tools to address the COVID-19 crisis. This month, the Department of Veterans Affairs awarded a new $5 million contract […]... →

For the past two years the founding team of Immunai had been working stealthily to develop a new technology to map the immune system of any patient. Founded by Noam Solomon, a Harvard and MIT-educated postdoctoral researcher, and former Palantir engineer, Luis Voloch, Immunai was born from the two men’s interest in computational biology and […]... →

As the floor drops out from under many startups, some tech companies are finding a path forward by meeting new government needs. Among them is Palantir, a secretive government-friendly big data operation that’s able to ingest vast amounts of information to visualize trends and track individuals—useful tasks as the spread of COVID-19 threatens to overwhelm […]... →

AI startup Adarga has closed a £5 million Series A fundraising by Allectus Capital. But this news rather cloaks the fact that it’s been building up a head of steam since it’s founding in 2016, building up – what they say – is a £30 million-plus sales pipeline through strategic collaborations with a number of […]... →

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... →