Secretive data company Palantir just officially revealed its plans to go public. Here's why it's named after an all-powerful seeing stone in the 'Lord of the Rings'

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Secretive data company Palantir just officially revealed its plans to go public. Here's why it's named after an all-powerful seeing stone in the 'Lord of the Rings'

Secretive data company Palantir just officially revealed its plans to go public. Here's why it's named after an all-powerful seeing stone in the 'Lord of the Rings'

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Published 26 Aug 2020

Saruman, one of the story's villains, uses an all-powerful seeing stone called a palantir to surveil his enemies.

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