> But "data mining" is also a term for analysis which finds patterns or insights in a large dataset, i.e. data is the input from which more valuable results are filtered/composed/summarized. I thought Palantir was all about that.

Indeed, that definition is definitely how I, and most tech-oriented folks I interact with, would define data mining. First and foremost.

But as stated in a different comment thread above, they don't "do" data mining, they just sell data mining tools and how-to manuals! Totally not the same thing!