ontology

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UBS says customer feedback on Palantir’s data ontology layer shows “no evidence of churn or heightened competition in Palantir’s numbers or in our customer checks.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

“As AI accelerates, enterprises are realizing that the ontology is key to incorporate these rapidly evolving capabilities,” added the analyst.

From Barron's • Dec. 16, 2025

For instance, there is not much semantic distance between "dog" and "cat" while there is a great deal between words like "cat" and "ontology."

From Science Daily • Mar. 1, 2024

Many Nigerians believe in the supernatural, and this often stems from the animistic ontology that undergirds self and being in many Nigerian communities.

From New York Times • Feb. 7, 2024

These were the great, complex questions of ontology that tormented him.

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller