Why Palantir is Silicon Valley’s most questionable unicorn

GUEST: Gandalf: A palantir is a dangerous tool, Saruman.Saruman: Why? Why should we fear to use it?
Gandalf: They are not all accounted for, the lost Seeing-stones. We do not know who else may be watching.
Source: Lord of the Rings
Valued at as much as $20 billion and inhabiting 15% of Palo Alto office space with its 1,800 employees, Palantir is ranked third among American unicorns behind Uber and Airbnb, yet few people have ever heard it. The word secretive is most often used to describe Palant