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Palantir: The Most Mysterious Company in Silicon Valley
Podcast: Uncanny Valley | WIRED (LS 53 · TOP 0.5% what is this?)
Episode: Palantir: The Most Mysterious Company in Silicon Valley
Pub date: 2025-08-14
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Episode: Palantir: The Most Mysterious Company in Silicon Valley
Pub date: 2025-08-14
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Palantir Technologies is arguably one of the most notorious American corporations. Cofounded by tech billionaire Peter Thiel, the company has worked with ICE, the US Department of Defense, the Israeli military and sparked numerous protests in multiple countries. But what do they actually do?
Palantir is often called a data broker, a data miner, or a giant database of personal information. In reality, it’s none of these—but even former employees struggle to explain it. Luckily, WIRED staff writer Caroline Haskins joins us to decode Palantir for us.
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Join WIRED’s best and brightest as they provide an insider analysis of the overlap between tech and politics, from the influence of Silicon Valley on the Trump administration to how inaccurate information from artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots fanned the fire on social protests.
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By The Syllabus / Listen NotesPodcast: Uncanny Valley | WIRED (LS 53 · TOP 0.5% what is this?)
Episode: Palantir: The Most Mysterious Company in Silicon Valley
Pub date: 2025-08-14
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Episode: Palantir: The Most Mysterious Company in Silicon Valley
Pub date: 2025-08-14
Get Podcast Transcript →
powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarization
Palantir Technologies is arguably one of the most notorious American corporations. Cofounded by tech billionaire Peter Thiel, the company has worked with ICE, the US Department of Defense, the Israeli military and sparked numerous protests in multiple countries. But what do they actually do?
Palantir is often called a data broker, a data miner, or a giant database of personal information. In reality, it’s none of these—but even former employees struggle to explain it. Luckily, WIRED staff writer Caroline Haskins joins us to decode Palantir for us.
Join us LIVE in San Francisco on September 9th
- Get your tickets HERE
Articles mentioned in this episode:
Join WIRED’s best and brightest as they provide an insider analysis of the overlap between tech and politics, from the influence of Silicon Valley on the Trump administration to how inaccurate information from artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots fanned the fire on social protests.
Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from WIRED, which is the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Listen Notes, Inc.
The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from WIRED, which is the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Listen Notes, Inc.