Palantir is named after the seeing stones Sauron used to spy on people
lililashka · x · 2026-08-19
A viral post notes Palantir is named after the palantíri in Lord of the Rings—the seeing stones Sauron used to spy on people—an ironic fit for a company built on mass data surveillance and analysis.
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