Palantir expands multi-year partnership with SOMPO Holdings

Palantir Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ: PLTR) announced a multi-year expansion of its partnership with SOMPO Holdings, Inc. through its Japanese joint venture Palantir Technologies Japan KK.

SOMPO utilizes Palantir's Foundry platform across several subsidiaries with thousands of daily users. The insurance company has been using Foundry since 2020 across care facilities in Japan to support senior citizen care, report care to the government, and identify urgent patient needs.

SOMPO Japan is using Foundry to revamp its claims process, with the platform embedded at every stage from fraud detection and claim triage to ongoing monitoring. The company is leveraging the software to transform its claims payment process and optimize claim allocation.

AI agents automatically evaluate risk and make recommendations during the underwriting process, leading to an expected annual improvement in financial results of $10 million, according to the press release.

"Our partnership with Palantir has brought the best in class artificial intelligence software to our subsidiaries across Japan," said Mikio Okumura, Group Chief Executive Officer, SOMPO Holdings. "Palantir Foundry continues to grow in importance across all sectors of our business."

Over 8,000 people at SOMPO actively use Palantir in Japan, according to Kevin Kawasaki, Global Head of Business Development at Palantir Technologies.

This marks the second expansion of the agreement between the companies, following a $50 million expansion in 2023.

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