Date: 15.10.2025 (2025-10-15)
Finn Killam (15.10.2025) • How does Palantir integrate with software? • Most relevant: Foundry -> Cloud product • Success factor: Frontend is very basic -> App building, analysis, spreadsheet, report builders • Ingest messy data - a lot of legacy systems • They built a sources agnostic data connector and data pipeline • Unopinionated way of getting the data while respecting data rights • Engineer can add credentials • Getting the data: • most of the time: data connector -> Foundry takes no all the load -> they have a way to copy the database -> every database has a way to get into a database has a way to go in and get it out • They installed a driver into the database that gets the data • Other one is on prem • Hardest part • To gain trust of customer - sensitive based on the data and shuts down DB because overload -> load balancing • The driver introduces no risk to the DB -> IT guy never lets you query their production database due to risk of sth going bad • Hospital: they buy physical server and once every four hours send over a copy from original to replica • When you can not access DB • CSV exports or raw exports into a folder and confirm it to a database -> they mainly take the data that is core to the company -> either on premise or it has an API • 3rd party tools -> Check out merge.dev -> merge builds integrations • https://www.google.com/search?q=merge+api&sca_esv=857d9535fc950bf7&rlz=1C5CHFA_enCA1107CA1107&sxsrf=AE3TifOFepUJcSCvxug0ftB83r_fOEIwcA%3A1760546984701&ei=qNDvaLrIKpqr0PEPwNjB2Ag&ved=0ahUKEwi6vIjN1KaQAxWaFTQIHUBsEIsQ4dUDCBA&uact=5&oq=merge+api&gs_lp=Egxnd3Mtd2l6LXNlcnAiCW1lcmdlIGFwaTILEAAYgAQYkQIYigUyBRAAGIAEMhEQLhiABBiRAhjRAxjHARiKBTILEAAYgAQYkQIYigUyCxAAGIAEGJECGIoFMgUQABiABDIFEAAYgAQyBRAAGIAEMgUQABiABDIFEAAYgARI4w9QkgVYxQ1wA3gBkAEAmAFRoAGXAqoBATS4AQPIAQD4AQGYAgegArECwgIHECMYsAMYJ8ICChAAGLADGNYEGEfCAg0QABiABBiwAxhDGIoFwgIOEAAYsAMY5AIY1gTYAQHCAhYQLhiABBiwAxhDGNQCGMgDGIoF2AEBwgITEC4YgAQYsAMYQxjIAxiKBdgBAcICEBAAGIAEGLEDGEMYgwEYigXCAgoQABiABBhDGIoFwgILEAAYgAQYsQMYgwHCAgsQLhiABBiRAhiKBZgDAIgGAZAGEboGBggBEAEYCZIHATegB4IbsgcBNLgHpQLCBwUwLjQuM8gHFA&sclient=gws-wiz-serp • Two challenges: • Technical people are notoriously difficult to work with - they do not want people to write back to their system -> a lot of trust required • Most of the time Palantir wrote back to systems - some times they only wrote back to the replica -> process is only valuable if the loop • Agent can access the legacy software • What is the most complex part of Palantirs offering? • What is the most complex part of deploying the SW? • Feedback to idea? • They found a company to deliver Palantir to the company -> first project • Worked for automotive companies