
Munich software provider will invest more than 100 million euros by 2029
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Celonis is planning new data analysis software for police operations to compete with Palantir.
The German software provider Celonis wants to compete with the world's largest data analysis provider, the US company Palantir.
To this end, Celonis from Munich will invest more than 100 million euros by 2029, announced Florian Schewior, Managing Director of Celonis for Germany, in the “Handelsblatt”.
The software, which will primarily be used by the police, has the internal project name “Metropolis” and is scheduled to be presented at the end of October.
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