Palantir IPO: What does Palantir do?

After 17 years, data analytics company Palantir is making its public market debut. Best known for its sometimes controversial work with U.S. government agencies like the CIA, the DoD and ICE, Palantir has increasingly been working with commercial customers as well, which investors hope will put it on a path to profitability. But its defense work remain core to the company's revenue stream as well as its mission - defending American interests.