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 …
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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 …
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In 2010, the New York Police Department’s counterterrorism division began using Palantir Technologies’ data analysis platform, marking a major expansion of the company’s footprint in domestic law enforcement. Richard Falkenrath, the NYPD’s deputy commissioner of …
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In 2009, the Joint Regional Intelligence Center (JRIC), Southern California’s multiagency, multidisciplinary fusion center, began using Palantir Technologies’ data analysis platform to connect and analyze Suspicious Activity Reports (SARs) and other intelligence data. This marked …
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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 …
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Between 2007 and 2009, Palantir Technologies experienced explosive growth within the U.S. government, expanding from eight pilot programs to more than 50 programs across multiple federal agencies. This rapid expansion was driven by referrals from early adopters and represented Palantir’s …
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In 2006, Palantir Technologies secured one of its first major government contracts with the Joint IED Defeat Organization (JIEDDO), marking the company’s transition from CIA-backed startup to operational defense contractor. The contract focused on using Palantir’s data analysis platform …
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In 2005, In-Q-Tel, the venture capital arm of the Central Intelligence Agency, invested approximately $2 million in Palantir Technologies, providing the young company with critical early funding and legitimacy within the intelligence community. This investment came after traditional Silicon Valley …
Palantir Technologies was officially incorporated in May 2003 by Peter Thiel and PayPal alumni, just months after Congress defunded DARPA’s Total Information Awareness (TIA) program due to privacy concerns. The founders met with John Poindexter, the recently fired director of Total Information …
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