Palantir might be the most powerful company no one talks about.

Palantir is one of the most powerful companies in the world. You've never heard of. Founded in 2003 by Peter Thiel and Alex Karp, who believed the government was losing this hidden data war. Peter thought 911 exposed a massive intelligence failure when the US government had all the information to prevent it. But the government had no way to connect its massive amounts of data all in one place, like flight and immigration records or surveillance information. Google and Facebook didn't want anything to do with it. So Alex and Peter saw an opportunity. But it's not what you're thinking. Palantir was created to detect threats, not create a surveillance state, following more guidelines than the US government was already using. So in 2005, Palantir Volunteer built a product called Gotham to pitch the CIA. Think of it as a data and analytics command center that helps identify trends. And in Q Tel, better known as the CIA was sold investing $2 million. And after a few years, every major agency was using it. The FBI, Army, Marines and Special Operations were all using Palantir, making it the go to system protecting America from the rest of the world. But the most important part is their new system called aip, which is Gotham AI acting like a brain giving real time assistance and prediction to help with decision making. And they blew every tech company out of the water. Where experts say Palantir is at least 5 to 10 ahead of everyone in applied AI, which is AI that helps solve real world problems, becoming one of the most important companies in the world no one's talking about. For more entrepreneur stories and information like this, follow UBK.