What are the most powerful but little-known companies in the world?

Palantir technology co., ltd Palantir's valuation in 20 14 1 1 reached1500 million US dollars, which was second only to Uber and Xiaomi among global startups, but its popularity could not be compared with the latter two. And how powerful is this company? I'll just name a few chestnuts. First, the most powerful American official institutions you can think of, such as NSA (National Security Agency), FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigation) and CIA (Central Intelligence Agency), have deep cooperation with Palanti. Second, this company doesn't have any sales team, but its revenue has basically doubled in recent years. Third, the cost of purchasing Palantir software.

Between $5 million and $6.5438+million, the customer must pay 20% in advance (the rest will be paid after the customer is satisfied). Fourth, there is a famous rumor in the industry (probably true) that Palantir is the fundamental reason why the US military successfully captured bin Laden. So what exactly does this company do? Don't worry, let's start with its name. Palantir is the name of a crystal ball in Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings. It can be connected with other crystal balls and display images as a means of communication and information collection. In fact, the business nature of the company coincides with this name. Its basic point is to collect a large amount of data, help non-technical users find key links, and finally find answers to complex questions. "Palantir Company turns a large amount of chaotic information into intuitive visual geographical distribution maps, histograms and related maps. As long as the company's so-called "forward deployment engineers" are given a few days to analyze, tag and integrate all the fragmentary customer data, Palantir can figure out various problems, such as terrorism, disaster response and human trafficking. " -"Forbes" Simply put, what you want to know, you don't know what you want to know, Palantir can basically tell you through incredible big data analysis. Of course, because Palantir is really attractive in the capital market, there are a little more reports about this company now.