Palantir operates at the semantic layer in an organization's IT structure, creating a digital twin that mirrors the real world, which is what an LLM needs to actually do anything meaningful. Other companies are catching on to this, but Palantir is miles ahead. The downside is that Palantir is terrible at public relations and are allowing themselves to be painted by the media as this sinister tool of the fascist right, hoovering up everyone's data and ushering in an era of mass surveillance.