Palantir Technologies

Defense Contractors Market Ukraine War as "Battle-Tested" Surveillance Technology Proving Ground

| Importance: 8/10

By mid-2024, U.S. defense contractors and surveillance technology companies began systematically marketing their systems as “battle-tested in Ukraine,” transforming the ongoing war into a real-world demonstration and validation platform for AI-powered surveillance, autonomous weapons, …

Anduril Industries Palantir Technologies Clearview AI Defense Industry surveillance-state military-technology propaganda authoritarian-infrastructure corporate-influence
Read more →

Palantir Partners with Ukraine Prosecutor to Process War Crimes Evidence Using AI

| Importance: 8/10

On April 22, 2023, Palantir Technologies announced a partnership with Ukraine’s Prosecutor General’s Office to process massive volumes of war crimes evidence using artificial intelligence and data analytics. At the time of the announcement, Ukraine had registered more than 78,000 alleged …

Palantir Technologies Ukraine Prosecutor General's Office Andriy Kostin surveillance-state authoritarian-infrastructure artificial-intelligence international-conflict data-collection
Read more →

Palantir Deploys AI Targeting and Intelligence Systems in Ukraine

| Importance: 9/10

On June 1, 2022, Palantir CEO Alex Karp crossed the border from Poland into Ukraine and met President Volodymyr Zelensky in the presidential palace bunker, becoming the first major Western tech CEO to visit since Russia’s February invasion. Karp told Zelensky they could work together “in …

Palantir Technologies Alex Karp Ukraine Ministry of Defence Volodymyr Zelensky surveillance-state military-technology authoritarian-infrastructure international-conflict artificial-intelligence
Read more →

Palantir and AWS Formalize Strategic Partnership for Government Data Analytics

| Importance: 8/10

Palantir Technologies and Amazon Web Services announce a formal strategic partnership to optimize Palantir’s Foundry and Gotham platforms for deployment on AWS cloud infrastructure, integrating two of the most powerful surveillance and data analytics systems used by U.S. intelligence and …

Palantir Technologies Amazon Web Services CIA Department of Defense surveillance-infrastructure data-analytics intelligence-agencies government-contracts palantir +2 more
Read more →

Anduril Industries Founded by Palmer Luckey and Former Palantir Executives

| Importance: 8/10

Anduril Industries was incorporated on June 16, 2017, by Palmer Luckey (Oculus VR founder), Trae Stephens (Founders Fund partner and former Palantir executive), Matt Grimm, Joe Chen, and Brian Schimpf (CEO). The company was seeded by Peter Thiel’s Founders Fund and pitched low-cost border …

Palmer Luckey Peter Thiel Trae Stephens Brian Schimpf Founders Fund +1 more defense contractors silicon valley autonomous weapons military-industrial complex surveillance
Read more →

New Orleans Police Launch Secret Palantir Predictive Policing Program

| Importance: 8/10

The New Orleans Police Department launches a secretive predictive policing program in partnership with Palantir Technologies, a data-mining firm founded with seed money from the CIA’s venture capital arm In-Q-Tel. The program operates without public knowledge or oversight, escaping scrutiny …

NOPD Palantir Technologies Mitch Landrieu Peter Thiel surveillance technology police ai civil-rights +1 more
Read more →

Vice President Biden Credits Palantir Software for Detecting Stimulus Fraud

| Importance: 7/10

On June 18, 2010, Vice President Joe Biden and Office of Management and Budget Director Peter Orszag held a press conference announcing the success of fighting fraud in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (stimulus) by the Recovery Accountability and Transparency Board. Biden specifically …

Joe Biden Peter Orszag Palantir Technologies Recovery Accountability and Transparency Board palantir joe-biden stimulus fraud-detection government-endorsement
Read more →

Palantir Gotham Platform Released for Intelligence and Defense Applications

| Importance: 9/10

In 2008, Palantir Technologies officially released Palantir Gotham, its flagship platform designed for large-scale data analysis, integration, and visualization for government military and intelligence operations. The CIA became one of Gotham’s first customers in 2008, using the platform to …

Palantir Technologies Central Intelligence Agency Intelligence Community palantir palantir-gotham surveillance-infrastructure cia data-analysis +1 more
Read more →