Balandir, or “Seeing Stone”, already exists in Poland and is free. Let’s meet
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Palantir, an American company that analyzes data for military and intelligence services, provides software to the Polish administration. For now, he’s doing it for free. Till now, it is known that he cooperated with the Prime Minister’s Office. But, according to tvn24.pl’s findings, there are many companies using Palantir technology.
Palandir is Elvish for “far-seeing” or “stone-seeing”. The name of the company comes from the books of JRR Tolkien – from a black crystal ball you can see anywhere in the world, see the past and the future. This is what a digital corporation deals with in its modern form: predictive data analytics, surveillance software manufacturing and – more recently – satellite technologies. Its algorithms process data in Earth orbit to deliver high-resolution images from space as quickly as possible.
For nearly two decades, Balandhir has been executing contracts e.g. For the military and intelligence agencies like the CIA or NSA. It also offers its services to fight with Ukraine.
Now the company is looking for a location for itself in Poland. Already, as he says, he supplies three ministries (actually two ministries and the Prime Minister’s Office) with software that “supports organizations and organizations that help refugees from Ukraine.”
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Work in Poland
In July, the Prime Minister’s Office, together with the operator Chmury Krajowej and Palantir, launched the website pracawpolsce.gov.pl, which helps refugees find work in our country. The portal is written by the Secretary of State for Digitization in the Prime Minister’s Office Janusz Czyszczynski, which uses a “matchmaking algorithm that connects workers with employers.” The English word “match” means “to connect”.
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