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Planet Money · Wednesday, September 2, 2026

Palantir Software Improved Airbus Production Efficiency

Palantir's software was implemented at Airbus to address production glitches with the A350 airplane. The software helped identify bottlenecks, reducing the time to fix production issues from nearly a month to about a week.

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About ten years ago, Palantir started working with a manufacturer, Airbus.
Before Airbus started using Palantir software, it took almost a month to find and fix production glitches.
After, they were able to cut that time down by a week.
Heard on Planet Money — “Love in the time of Palantir, published Wednesday, September 2, 2026. Heardvine summarizes and quotes with attribution and timestamps, and links to the original everywhere.
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Palantir Software Improved Airbus Production Efficiency — Heardvine