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Mission Over Money & The State of Defense Tech with Palantir's Shyam Sankar | E1908

This Week in Startups

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Evolution of Palantir's Products: From Intelligence to Counterterrorism

Palantir's first product, the Gotham platform, initially focused on intelligence agencies using innovative approaches inspired by PayPal's fraud fighting techniques. The challenge was the integration of data from modern to legacy systems into a cohesive model understandable by human analysts. This led to the creation of software that could handle the vast and growing volume of data sources at the speed of software. Palantir's product found success in the counter ID fight, targeting bomb maker networks in Iraq and Afghanistan by deciphering their communication, supply chain, and identifying key individuals beyond just deactivating bombs.

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