Palantir Technologies

History

After receiving his doctorate in Frankfurt, its CEO Alex Karp had to establish the idea of ​​a company to evaluate information and to track the flow of information on the Internet. Together with the German - American investor Peter Thiel, as well as the investors Joe Lonsdale, Nathan Gettings and the computer scientist Stephen Cohen, the company was founded in 2004 as the Inc.. Founder and first employee already knew each other from their time together in the construction of paypal. Up capital of the company are held by the venture capital firm Founders Fund. The name was after the Palantiri ( the well- sighted people ) voted The Lord of the Rings Tolkien's fantasy saga. Now the company has offices in New York City, Washington DC as well as in Europe in London.

Products

The main products of Palantir can be found in the fields of Security ( Palantir Government) and Finance ( Palantir Finance). The safety zone is a service provider for government agencies that are responsible for counter-terrorism or intelligence- active. In Germany Palantir collaborates with the company SAP.