### Slide 1 – **What is Palantir & Why It Wins**
* **Palantir = “Apple of data”**
Unified, end-to-end data platform instead of disconnected point tools.
* **The Pre-Palantir Problem**
* IT tools were *flexible* but produced no direct business value.
* Business apps were *useful* but locked into rigid vertical silos.
* Result: 100-plus copies of the same data, months to answer basic questions.
* **Palantir’s Breakthrough** – a **single ontology**
Connects raw data, models, and front-end apps so everyone works off one source of truth.
* **Full-stack Coverage** (all natively integrated)
1. **Ingest / Store** – Fivetran + Snowflake equivalents
2. **Transform / Orchestrate** – dbt + Airflow equivalents
3. **Analyze** – Tableau / Jupyter equivalents
4. **Build Apps** – Retool / Webflow equivalents
* **How They Pulled It Off**
Decade of R\&D funded by massive U.S. government contracts → commercial rollout ready-made.
* **Why It Matters**
Shared ontology = **flexibility *and* business value in one system** → turns months-long data projects into minutes-long answers.
*(Use as the opening slide to frame the rest of the RDFox KG presentation.)*