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Hal Varian: analysis is the long-term value play

Raw data is an increasingly abundant and inexpensive commodity. Intelligently filtering, analyzing and visually understanding data is where the value is. Palantir invents technology and products that enables human analysts to harness the power of computers in an intuitive way to quickly and deeply analyze large amounts of data. The value of data analysis as [...]

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James Gosling comes to visit

Following the discovery that our offices were the birthplace of Java (or least the place where it had its childhood), I invited James Gosling to come visit. For those that don’t know who James Gosling is, he’s more-or-less the father of Java. Java started as a project of James Gosling’s in 1991; today, 17 years [...]

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Our offices: the birthplace of Java

Palantir started in a very small office on Sand Hill Rd. For a time (while between offices), all work was done in a founder’s bedroom. In late 2005, the Palantir moved to medium-sized, nondescript suite on Page Mill Rd., just across the street from Hewlett-Packard in south Palo Alto. I joined a few months later, [...]

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