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Here's one way to explain it:

Current data mining techniques take in massive amounts of similar data and output a parsed signal. Palantir takes in massive amounts of data, preserves all of it, allows their FDEs and clients to hand-draw ontological connections between dissimilar pieces of data, and outputs a gigantic raw data object. Palantir is one of the few entities with the technical know-how and infrastructure to make this gigantic object manipulatable on any old computer or phone.

Where other miners might bring you a gold ring (which may or may not be the right fit for your finger at the time!), Palantir brings you a cart full of raw gold and a map back to the mine shaft. From there you can do whatever you want.



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