Transforming information-technology infrastructure is never easy, but now, at a time of crisis, the NHS is moving fast
PALANTIR TAKES its name from crystal ball-like artefacts in the “Lord of the Rings” novels. The secretive Silicon Valley data-analysis company is used to working with governments. It carries out vital-but-dull digital plumbing for the most sensitive sorts of data—those collected by spy and security agencies. It merges datasets, cleans them and plugs holes, and provides tools which make them easier to access and analyse.
Exactly what Palantir is doing is not clear. The government’s most immediate concern is to use NHS data to plan the service’s response to the covid-19 pandemic. The government wants health-analytics software that is as accurate as possible, so that it can predict when and where the caseload will overwhelm local hospitals’ capacity. London, unsurprisingly, is first in line to cross the threshold.
A tech unicorn worth some $20bn at the time of its last fundraising round, Palantir is under pressure to grow and provide a handsome return to its investors. To do this it needs to shift away from heavy-duty consultancy towards a broader software offering that can reach a bigger market. Work of the kind it has started with the NHS can help with that.
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