US spy-tech firm Palantir was a shoo-in for a multi-million-pound NHS contract months before the deal was signed, emails obtained by openDemocracy appear to show. The email exchange from 2020, in which senior NHS executives discussed the budget for a new national data platform, sees more than one person referring …
Read More »Why Shares of Palantir Technologies Are Up Today
What happened Shares of Palantir Technologies (NYSE:PLTR) gained 12% on Tuesday after the hedge fund run by legendary investor Steve Cohen disclosed a purchase of 29.9 million shares. The stock has climbed steadily since its late September debut, and Cohen’s Point72 fund is apparently bullish the data analytics stock can …
Read More »Expect protests when Palantir recruits on college campuses
Liza Mamedov-Turchinsky was beginning her junior year at UC Berkeley when she heard the data-mining company Palantir was coming to campus for a recruiting event. She wasn’t happy about it. Palantir is among 43 companies that pay the school $20,000 each year for “unique access” to electrical engineering and computer …
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