A cikin wani taro na masu haɓakawa a wani otal da ba a bayyana ba a tsakiyar gabar tekun Atlantic, kamfanin Palantir ya karbi bakuncin mahalarta da suka haɗa da masu kwangila na tsaro, jami'an soja, da shugabannin kamfanoni. Duk da yanayin ciyayi, kamfanin ya raba rigunan dumin jiki ga mahalarta, inda aka gaba da jin dadin abubuwan da ke gabatar musu a matsayin manyan nasarorin da suka cimma.
Palantir an kafa shi a cikin shekara ta 2003 ta hannun Peter Thiel da abokinsa na baya a Stanford Alex Karp, kuma a cikin shekaru kadan ya zama wani muhimmin ɓangare na kokarin Pentagon na canza yaƙi ta hanyar yin amfani da fasahar kere-kere. Har ila yau, kamfanin yana samun gagarumin ci gaba a cikin harkokin kasuwanci; in ji Shyam Sankar, shugabinin fasahar, kasuwancin na karuwa da kashi 120 bisa dari a kowanne shekara, yayin da ci gaban gwamnati ke kai kashi 60 bisa dari.
Ci gaban Kasuwanci da Sabbin Ka'idoji
Hanyoyin ci gaban sun samo asali ne daga karuwar dogaro kan manyan samfuran kere-kere. A baya, Palantir na aika 'masana injiniya' zuwa shafukan abokan ciniki don haɓaka software a cikin ayyukan yau da kullum, amma yanzu suna bayar da damar gina kayayyaki na musamman ta hanyar samfuran harshe. A wannan lokacin, aikin injiniyoyin yana mai da hankali kan taimakawa abokan ciniki don haɓaka kayansu tare da amfani da fasahar Palantir. Ted Mabrey, shugaban ɓangaren kasuwanci da ɗaya daga cikin ma'aikatan farko, ya bayyana cewa kowanne ingantaccen samfur yana zama mai dacewa da tsarin su.
Taron ya ƙunshi jawaban bude daga Vice Admiral na sojojin ruwa na Amurka, ciki har da wanda ke da alhakin aikin Maven na kere-kere a fagen daga, da kuma wasu shugabannin kamfanoni daga Accenture, GE Aerospace, SAP, da Freedom Mortgage Corporation. Hakan yana nuna yanda aikinsu ya bazu daga tsaro zuwa fannin kasuwanci.
Gabatar da Misalai da Nasarorin Kasuwanci
Wani ƙaramin kamfani na kasuwancin kaya wanda ke da ma'aikata 450 ya nuna yanda suke amfani da manhajar Palantir wajen yanke hukunci kan sayayya da tattaunawa ta hanyar aikawa da saƙonnin imel ta atomatik. A cikin misali, kamfanin ya nuna cewa ɗaya daga cikin layukan samfurin ya samu "ƙaruwa a riba da maki 17" daga asarar $9 ga kowanne raka'a ya koma riba $9 ga kowanne raka'a. Shugaban kamfanin ya bayyana kansa a matsayin "shugaban kamfani mai yaduwa" saboda goyon bayan fasaha.
Duk da ci gaban kasuwanci, jagororin Palantir sun tabbatar da cewa asalin ruhin kamfanin na nan a fannin tsaro. A yayin kokarinsu na haɗuwa da hukumomin tsaro, kamfanin ya fuskanci ƙalubale da suka tilastawa su rungumi hanyoyin da suka mayar da hankali kan sakamako, wanda suka ɗauka a matsayin tushen juriya ga nasara a kasuwancin.
Maslahar Harkokin Tsaro da Al’umma
A cikin jawabin bude, Alex Karp ya jaddada cewa aikin tsaro ya bayyana kamfanin, musamman ma yayin da Amurka ke shiga aikace-aikacen yaki na yanzu. Karp ya nuna cewa aikin yanzu shi ne tallafa wa sojojin fili da ba su "fani mara tsaka-tsaki", yana mai cewa yana alfahari da hakan. Ya bayyana cewa al’adar kamfanin tana ba da damar ra’ayoyi daban-daban na siyasa tare da jaddada cewar duk da haka ba su goyi bayan makiya a fagen daga.
Karp ya yi magana da wasu maganganu da suka samu fatakale daga mahalarta, wanda ya haɗa da tunanin da ya kamata abokan ciniki su yi dai-dai da ƙimomin kamfanin. Wasu bayanan suna fitowa daga bincikensu game da harin makami kan wata makaranta ta ’yan mata wanda ya kashe akalla 175 daga cikin farar hula na Iran, inda rahotanni ke cewa Palantir ta ki yin sharhi kan kowanne yiwuwar rawar da kayanta ke takawa.
Sabbin Damar da Matsaloli
Shyam Sankar ya yi tsokaci kan abin da ya kira hanyar da wasu kamfanoni na kere-kere ke dauka wajen saita hani ko ka’idoji game da amfani da fasaha a yaki, yana mai bayyana rashin jin dadin sa na kashin kai game da labaran aiyuka a kan ilimin kere-kere. Kamfanin Palantir ya zama sananne bisa ga jigo wanda ya haɗa fasahar kera kayayyaki da tushen yare da aka gina bisa ga wale warware alaƙar abokan ciniki da ƙimomin su, a cewar Mabrey.
Idan aka yi tambaya game da ci gaba da haɗin gwiwa tare da hukumomin gwamnati masu tayar da hankali, Sankar ya bayyana cewa sakamakon halin da ake ciki na iya zama mai wuya a wasu lokuta amma hanyoyin tsarin dimokiradiyya da shari’a sune suke tsara tafarkin.
Mahalarta taron sun bar dakin taron yayin da a waje tsarin shiga-jihadar ya ci gaba da gudana kan yanda za a yi amfani da fasahar kere-kere. Ga Palantir, wannan tattaunawa na dauke da karfi da albarkatun da kamfanin ya mai da hankali kan wani fanni: amfani da fasahar kere-kere a matsayin kayan aiki don samun nasara a rikice-rikice, yana barin ɗabi'ar tattaunawa ga wadanda ke waje da gasar ta daga kai tsaye.