This Enterprise section focuses on Palantir Foundry.

TL;DR: To get started ASAP with Enterprise AI programming using Palantir Foundry skip to the following sections

  • 1b Foundry free tier sign up.
  • 2.2 QS (quick start) tutorial. Hands-on is the only way you really learn Foundry.

TOC

  • 1 Concepts
  • 1b Foundry free tier sign up
  • 2 Foundry tutorials (ZAI original and modified Palantir)
  • 3 Project/doc sources (PAL and ZAI)



1 Concepts

  • Foundry is a modern enterprise platform for data integration, ontology, analytics, applications, AI assistance, and governance.
  • Foundry represents the logical culmination of ZiptieAI: (2) neural networks → (2b) models → (3) agents → (3b) workflows (and finally) → (3c) enterprise platforms.
  • Foundry takes a very practical no-nonsense approach to AI in the enterprise. Foundry was a market leader over 20 years ago (long before AI).
  • Palantir offers a generous Foundry free trial.
  • Foundry’s built-in AI assistant (FDE) makes hands-on self-study practical.



1b Foundry free tier sign up

I did not record how I signed up, and its not a process I can repeat. But I can tell you the following:

  • You must be in a country that PAL supports (thats only a few countries).
  • You can NOT use a VPN.
  • You must have a passport or some picture ID of good enough quality for facial recognition verification. My passport is almost 10 years old, but it still worked.
  • You need a camera on your PC to take a pic of yourself. PAL will compare your ID and the pic.
  • I think you need a mobile phone number (and email).

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2 Foundry tutorials

This section contains Foundry tutorials. The current focus is on original ZAI tutorials (see 2.0b, 2.1, 2.2). The original focus was on ZAI-modified Palantir demos (2.4, 2.5).

  • 2.0 Before you start programming
  • 2.1 My first 2 failed attempts to create a tutorial (my mistakes are instructive)
  • 2.2 QS tutorial (v3)
  • 2.3 Foundry ontology (object type) management.
  • 2.4 ZAI versions of the core ~8 Foundry getting started demos.
  • 2.5 PAL Examples (installable).



2.0 Before you start programming



2.1 My first 2 failed attempts to create a tutorial (my mistakes are instructive)

I relied too much on FDE AI. Both tutorials worked, but the result was not something to use as a tutorial. At first I thought things were going good. But for a human reader the AI-generated structure and explanations were not good enough. FDE did, however, catch any small logic error in a document. Human intelligence and AI make a great team. But the human has to be in control. You need to reach a minimal level of expertise with Foundry so that you are always in control.



2.2 QS tutorial (v3)

For the latest tutorial version see docx #693.

I had some long discussions with FDE about terminology and concepts:

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I created a workflow diagram for each chapter.

Workflow diagram (verified by FDE) for ch1; ch1 has H2 subheadings 1.1 - 1.5.
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2.3 Foundry ontology (object type) management (v1 26.1018) (was 2.0b)

The trial version of Foundry is very generous, but limits the total numbers of Object Types to 60. You probably won’t hit that limit in 2.1 or 2.2, but to avoid running into problems in future demos, you might want to learn how to delete previous Object Types (then ask you create future demos you will appreciate the importance of tracking which demos are lowest priority).



2.4 ZAI versions of the core ~8 Foundry getting started demos (was 2.2)

  • Main diagram for demo D3 (Core workflow + Automation + AI external)
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2.5 PAL Examples (installable) (was 2.4)

FULL-FEATURED BUSINESS APP (WITH INSTALLER). I originally planned to focus on examples These are complete demos that auto-install. The big advantage is that you start out with a (usually) working version that you can modify piece by piece. Examples are complete (usually more complicated) and have an installer that allows you to start with a (usually) working version that you can modify. ZAI adds a few extra steps:

  • Install a second (experimental) example
  • Modify that example at your own pace



3 Project/Doc sources

  • 3.1 ZAI doc sources (docx, gdrive, this site, etc)
  • 3.2 PAL project/doc sources



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