Applied R&D validates governance, pipelines, and automated analytics using Palantir Foundry and AIP; Waiker advances an AI-ready database, widgets, and APIs for capital markets clients
Waiker, an AI startup specializing in application-layer solutions for financial markets, today announced an applied research and development (R&D) collaboration with Palantir focused on AI ontology and analysis workflows tailored to securities market data. According to the company, this marks the first collaboration of its kind in the securities market.
Drawing on the operating principles and global best practices of Palantir Foundry and Palantir AIP, Waiker built a sector-specific framework and validated its capabilities across data governance, pipeline management, and analytics automation.
Unlike foundation-model builders, Waiker focuses on the application layer. The company extracts, transforms, and loads (ETL) raw data from global equity markets and, through proprietary ontology-based labeling, is building an AI-ready database. Waiker is a licensed data vendor for Nasdaq TotalView and an AI data partner of LSEG Data & Analytics (formerly Refinitiv).
The R&D corresponds to Phase 2 of Waiker’s proprietary programs: WAISOD, an AI system specialized for securities markets, and WOOSAIN, a global equity market data ontology. Waiker plans to deliver its data via widgets and APIs in formats aligned to customer preferences.
Product delivery options
Data Solutions — Provided as database products with task-oriented natural-language descriptions and schema constraints, accessible via MCP (Model Context Protocol), WSS (WebSocket Secure), and standard APIs (Application Programming Interfaces).
Widget Solutions — Graphical, dataset-driven interfaces that allow users to experience data utility directly, delivered as SDKs (software development kits), iframe embeds, or via MCP for drop-in use across digital platforms.
AI Solutions — Access to the WAISOD AI system through AI APIs, incorporating LLM orchestration and Mixture-of-Experts (MoE) techniques; these deliver greater utility when combined with Waiker’s data and widget layers via MCP.
“Our team is rapidly internalizing ontology and AI operations that span the entire securities-data value chain,” said Kyujong “Elvin” Hwang, CEO of Waiker. “Building on this milestone, we’ll widen our collaboration scope and execute against a scalable technical roadmap.”
Waiker plans to advance to Phase 3 through a consortium with international academic research institutions.
About Waiker
Waiker is an application-layer AI company for capital markets. The company structures global securities data via ETL and proprietary ontology-based labeling to deliver an AI-ready database, along with widgets and APIs that plug into client workflows. Waiker is a licensed vendor of Nasdaq TotalView and an AI data partner of LSEG Data & Analytics.
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