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Palantir
Palantir runs three tightly integrated proprietary platforms—Foundry (data operations), AIP (generative AI), and Apollo (continuous delivery)—as a managed SaaS that can be deployed across public clouds and on-prem/sovereign infrastructure, with customers bringing their own data platforms and ML tooling into Foundry’s integration and ontology layers.[1][5][7][8] Operationally, this yields a hybrid architecture: Palantir provides the application/AI stack while underlying compute, storage, and some databases reside in customer-selected environments (AWS/GCP/Azure/OCI/private/on-prem) including recent NVIDIA and Dell sovereign AI reference architectures.[2][3][4][6]
Foundation proximity: Cloud-hosted (Bedrock/Vertex/Azure)
Foundational models & how they consume them
PrimaryCustomer-selected foundational and ML models integrated via AIP (no single Palantir-native LLM at core)· External model providers (e.g., OpenAI, Anthropic, AWS, NVIDIA) or customer-hosted models integrated into AIP pipelines · Cloud-hosted (Bedrock/Vertex/Azure)
Cloud & datastore
HybridCustomer-provided data warehouses and lakes (plug-in architecture)Relational databases (e.g., PostgreSQL, Oracle, SQL Server) integrated via Foundry data connectorsDistributed file/object storage (e.g., S3-compatible, OCI object storage) for data lake-style storage[5][7]Palantir-managed metadata and ontology stores (proprietary)[5][7]Compliance
SaaS deployment with isolated, secure, cloud-disconnected environments via Apollo[8]Sovereign / regulated deployments with on-prem and vendor-specific sovereign AI reference architectures (NVIDIA, Dell)[2][3][4]Enterprise-grade access control, audit, and data governance embedded in Foundry/AIP (described in architecture docs/whitepapers)[1][7]Others that build on proprietary / self-built models
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FAQ
Does Palantir use a foundational AI model?
Palantir uses Customer-selected foundational and ML models integrated via AIP (no single Palantir-native LLM at core) (Cloud-hosted (Bedrock/Vertex/Azure)).
What cloud does Palantir run on?
Palantir runs on Hybrid.
What database does Palantir use?
Palantir uses Customer-provided data warehouses and lakes (plug-in architecture), Relational databases (e.g., PostgreSQL, Oracle, SQL Server) integrated via Foundry data connectors, Distributed file/object storage (e.g., S3-compatible, OCI object storage) for data lake-style storage[5][7], Palantir-managed metadata and ontology stores (proprietary)[5][7].
How close does Palantir run to the foundational model?
Palantir is Cloud-hosted (Bedrock/Vertex/Azure) — further out, trading control for convenience.
Sources
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