A palantír (IPA: [paˈlanˌtiːr]; pl. palantíri) is one of several indestructible crystal balls from J. R. R. Tolkien's epic-fantasy novel The Lord of the...
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Palantir may refer to: Palantír, a magical sphere in J. R. R. Tolkien's Lord of the Rings Palantir Technologies, an American software company This disambiguation...
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Palantir Technologies Inc. is a public American company that specializes in software platforms for big data analytics. Headquartered in Denver, Colorado...
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too strong to be corrupted directly by Sauron. He began secretly using a palantír to probe Sauron's strength, incorrectly insisting he could control it....
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billionaire businessman, and the co-founder and CEO of the software firm Palantir Technologies. As of February 2024[update], his estimated net worth is US$1...
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Smith. The palantír effect was created by Rodeo, based on a design suggestion by Smith. He believed that the visions shown by the palantír create "a little...
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prototype of Palantir in eight weeks. Since then, he has interviewed over 4,500 candidates and continues to be actively involved in Palantir. Previously...
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another palantír to Mount Doom. Gandalf figures out his plan and, concerned that magic will be banished from Middle-Earth, casts a spell on the palantír to...
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history. Gríma Wormtongue, Saruman's spy among the Rohirrim, threw Saruman's palantír, a stone of seeing, at members of the Company. Pippin, without asking permission...
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entrepreneur and venture capitalist. He co-founded companies including Palantir Technologies, Addepar, and OpenGov, and co-founded and serves as the managing...
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Peter Thiel (section Palantir)
entrepreneur, venture capitalist, and political activist. A co-founder of PayPal, Palantir Technologies, and Founders Fund, he was the first outside investor in Facebook...
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Saruman. He had been ensnared by the Dark Lord Sauron through the tower's palantír, a far-seeing crystal ball able to communicate with others like it. Saruman...
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tries to kill Gandalf or Saruman with the palantír of Orthanc, but misses both. Pippin retrieves the palantír, but Gandalf quickly takes it. After the...
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technology companies based in Silicon Valley, such as Tesla, Inc., LinkedIn, Palantir Technologies, SpaceX, Affirm, Slide, Kiva, YouTube, Yelp, and Yammer. Most...
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institutional investor in Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) and Palantir Technologies, and an early investor in Facebook. The firm's partners have...
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retrieves Saruman's palantír, and the group returns to Edoras to celebrate their victory at Helm's Deep. Pippin looks into the palantír, seeing Sauron and...
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and Security Review Commission, and senior advisor to Alex Karp, CEO of Palantir Technologies. Helberg has commented extensively on US-China relations,...
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swiftly takes it, but Pippin steals it in the night. It is revealed to be a palantír, a seeing-stone that Saruman used to speak with Sauron, and that Sauron...
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R. R. Tolkien's The Silmarillion. He creates the Tengwar script, the palantír seeing-stones, and the three Silmarils, the skilfully forged jewels that...
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Shadowfax, Mount Gandalf and Mount Aragorn in Canada, companies such as Palantir Technologies, and species including the wasp Shireplitis tolkieni, 37 new...
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Isengard Battles Helm's Deep Pelennor Fields Morannon Objects Mithril Palantírs Phial of Galadriel Rings of Power One Ring List of weapons and armour...
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million. As of 2024 SpaceX and Palantir were the only other "defense unicorns", startups valued over $1 billion. Like Palantir, SpaceX had sued the U.S. Air...
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Nazgûl captured Minas Ithil, which was renamed Minas Morgul, and seized its palantír, a seeing stone from Númenor. The White Council of Wizards discovered Sauron...
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oversight. Furthermore, U.S. private companies, such as Clearview AI, Palantir, and Giant Oak have collectively scanned billions of social media posts—which...
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retrieves Saruman's palantír, and the group returns to Edoras to celebrate their victory at Helm's Deep. Pippin looks into the palantír, seeing Sauron and...
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Duncan's 1911 Pre-Raphaelite painting Riders of the Sidhe. Sauron uses the Palantír to show Aragorn a dying Arwen (a scene from the future) in the hope of...
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previously co-founded Posterous and Posthaven. He was an early employee at Palantir Technologies, and previously a partner at Y Combinator. Tan is also known...
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