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Palantir's secret weapon isn't AI – it's Ontology. An open-source deep dive

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Post by leading-AI » Sun, Feb 22, 2026, 2:29 AM UTC

Palantir's secret weapon isn't AI – it's Ontology. An open-source deep dive
github.com

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Post by jey » Sun, Feb 22, 2026, 2:59 AM UTC

This seems to be the English landing page: https://github.com/Leading-AI-IO/palantir-ontology-strategy/...

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Post by est » Sun, Feb 22, 2026, 3:03 AM UTC

It's just view, materialized view, udf, stored procedure in fancy corp speak.

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Post by DauntingPear7 » Sun, Feb 22, 2026, 3:04 AM UTC

Reads like AI

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Post by trollbridge » Sun, Feb 22, 2026, 3:05 AM UTC

est wrote: post #3

It's just view, materialized view, udf, stored procedure in fancy corp speak.

Believe it or not, this stuff is still incredibly valuable.

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Post by locusofself » Sun, Feb 22, 2026, 3:07 AM UTC

I wonder if Michael Bury's puts printed. The stock is down about 30% from when I think he announced them.

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Post by kumarvvr » Sun, Feb 22, 2026, 3:14 AM UTC

est wrote: post #3

It's just view, materialized view, udf, stored procedure in fancy corp speak.

Do you have any resources or books to learn all the details of all these?

Also, what is UDF?

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Post by tfryman » Sun, Feb 22, 2026, 3:16 AM UTC

kumarvvr wrote: post #7

est wrote: post #3

It's just view, materialized view, udf, stored procedure in fancy corp speak.

Do you have any resources or books to learn all the details of all these? Also, what is UDF?

User defined functions

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Post by gaigalas » Sun, Feb 22, 2026, 3:16 AM UTC

> 2-1. Modeling the Data World with "Nouns" and "Verbs"

> Link type: The relationships between object types, supporting 1-to-1, 1-to-many, and many-to-many relationships.

Seems incredibly naive in terms of symbolic representation of knowledge. Maybe I spent too much time with OWL.

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Post by CGMthrowaway » Sun, Feb 22, 2026, 3:18 AM UTC

gaigalas wrote: post #9

> 2-1. Modeling the Data World with "Nouns" and "Verbs" > Link type: The relationships between object types, supporting 1-to-1, 1-to-many, and many-to-many relationships. Seems incredibly naive in terms of symbolic representation of knowledge. Maybe I spent too much time with OWL.

Can you say more? What is state of the art?