The goal of Palantir was to bring Silicon Valley technology culture to Washington D.C. institutions, which were spending billions on data and services for various important problems. Palantir aimed to transform these services into out-of-the-box products to address government contracting issues where projects often exceeded budgets and timelines. By creating a single platform to solve important problems, Palantir sought to ensure the protection of civil liberties while integrating data in a distributed world.