The palantíri are just some of the many mystical objects described in J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings, but their origins can be tracked across the books to determine their true powers and ...

Karp, the C.E.O. of the software company Palantir Technologies, and his aide-de-camp Nicholas W. Zamiska, demonstrates how ...

The data analysis and surveillance company is the darling of Wall Street for its use of artificial intelligence in defense ...

Ok, so what does Palantir's software do? Palantir, named after the seeing stones in The Lord of the Rings, is fundamentally analysis software. It lets non-technical users visualize reams of data ...

In fact, we named our company "Palantir" after the cautionary tale in "The Lord of the Rings" about the power of "seeing stones" that later fall into the wrong hands. Subsequent revelations of ...

As dizzyingly complex technologies occupy the center of the global economic, political and military order, one entrepreneur ...

He tends to choose "Lord of the Rings" inspired names for his ventures. For instance, Palantir refers to the "seeing stones" in Tolkien's books. Source: Facebook Investor Peter Thiel Just Revealed ...

Palantir (NASDAQ: PLTR ... They think the price will rise." This rings true today, as investors need to consider all the facts. Just because Karp decides to sell doesn't mean he thinks the ...