Palantir Technologies Inc.

William Ayers

Matthew Elkherj

Mitchell Beard

Ryan Beiermeister

Chris Hammett

Ashley Einspahr

Sharon Hao

Breanna Bunge

Seth Robinson

Seelig Sinton

Erika Crawford Tom

Allen Chang

Jeremy Liu

Ryan Smith

Tatyana Gordeeva

Systems and methods are provided for identifying relevant information for an entity, referred to as a seed entity. A plurality of search queries can be generated each comprising a property of a seed entity or one of the entities associated with the seed entity (seed-linked entities). Preferably, a collection of search queries includes ones representing different properties of the seed entity and properties of different seed-linked entities. Optionally, the collection of search queries is optimized to reduce search burden. Searches can then be conducted with the search queries in one or more data sources to obtain a plurality of search results, wherein each search result comprises a hit entity and one or more entities associated with the hit entity (hit-linked entity). For each of the search results, a score can be determined taking as input (a) likelihood of match between the seed entity and the hit entity or between a seed-linked entity and a hit-linked entity, (b) presence of a new entity in the search result not present in the search queries or a difference between the new entity and an entity present in the search queries, and (c) characteristic of the new entity in the search result. Based on the scores, high priority search results can be presented a user for further analysis.

Automated assistance for generating relevant and valuable search results for an entity of interest

Systems and methods are provided for identifying and compiling information relating to an entity for investigative analysis. The system may comprise one or more processors and a memory storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the system to search, in one or more data sources, with a plurality of known characteristics of an entity to obtain a first plurality of records, identify from the first plurality of records a subset of records that match the known characteristics with a substantial confidence, compile the subset of records to form a unified record representing the entity and conduct a second search with information from the unified record to obtain a second plurality of search results.

Identification and compiling of information relating to an entity

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Washington, DC, United States of America

William Ayers