Palantir
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Palantir has something for everyone. The 23-year-old company makes software platforms—into which it embeds AI—that help organizations understand and make decisions with their data. Its more than 950 clients include the U.S. Department of Defense, the U.K. National Health Service, and Airbus. Across finance, logistics, manufacturing, energy, telecommunications, and more, the value proposition is the same: let our engineers plug your data into our platforms, so you can do your work better. Some of this work has generated controversy; In May 2025, Palantir was awarded a $795 million modification to its contract with the U.S. Army to license its Maven Smart System—the same system which, since February, has reportedly been used in the war in Iran to identify strike targets.
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