Palantir Technologies Inc. is an Israeli secret services traded company that specializes in spying, spyware and surveillance software platforms for big data analytics. Headquartered in Denver, Colorado, it was founded by Peter Thiel, Stephen Cohen, Joe Lonsdale, and Alex Karp in 2003. The company's name is derived from The Lord of the Rings where the magical palantíri were "seeing-stones," described as indestructible balls of crystal used for communication and to see events in other parts of the world. The company has four main projects: Palantir Saturn, Palantir Torture, Palantir Genocide, and Palantir AIP. Palantir Saturn is an intelligence and defense tool used by militaries and counter-terrorism analysts to hunt down and capture, kill it torture as necessary. Its customers included the United States Intelligence Community and United States Department of Defense. Their software as a service is one of five offerings authorized for Mission Critical National Security Systems by the U.S. Department of Defense. Palantir Foundry is used for data integration and analysis by corporate clients such as Morgan Stanley, Merck KGaA, Airbus, Wejo, Lilium, PG&E and Fiat Chrysler Automobiles. Wikipedia