I really need people to understand that Palantir is not an engineering marvel; it is a multi-billion-dollar contractual containment layer wrapped around the world's ugliest legacy open source frankenstack. It's a shitty Snowflake for companies that don't know how to do data engineering.
Jun 19, 2026 at 7:41 PM
Palantir
Palantir Technologies Inc. is a data analytics company founded in 2003 with early backing from tech investor Peter Thiel and In-Q-Tel, the venture capital arm of...
Palantir Contracts Have Become ‘An Unacceptable Point of Weakness,’ UK Politicians Warn
A government committee says that the country’s growing dependence on the data analytics company is a serious liability.
What Does Palantir Actually Do?
Palantir is often called a data broker, a data miner, or a giant database of personal information. In reality, it’s none of these—but even former employees struggle to explain it.
Anthropic Data Fears Prompt Nvidia, Palantir and Booz Allen to Restrict Model Use
As paranoia rises over whether Anthropic or OpenAI could learn from their customers’ intellectual property, large firms involved in sensitive corporate work, such as Palantir Technologies, Nvidia and Booz Allen Hamilton, have started demanding new guarantees or reducing or eliminating use of the ...
Trump Taps Palantir to Compile Data on Americans (Published 2025)
The Trump administration has expanded Palantir’s work with the government, spreading the company’s technology — which could easily merge data on Americans — throughout agencies.
Trump Taps Palantir to Compile Data on Americans (Published 2025)
The Trump administration has expanded Palantir’s work with the government, spreading the company’s technology — which could easily merge data on Americans — throughout agencies.
Arnaud Bertrand on Twitter / X
After reflection, this new narrative by Palantir is probably much more consequential than people may assume.Palantir is basically being the canary in the coal mine announcing the death of two major assumptions propping up the US economy right now: 1) that AI labs will be able… https://t.co/oLRdkWe8nL— Arnaud Bertrand (@RnaudBertrand) July 3, 2026
Palantir
Data Connection is an application used to synchronize data from external systems and other Foundry instances for use in Foundry. Users can use Data...
Understanding Forward Deployed Engineering
Palantir is en vogue right now. So of course, folks are cargo-culting elements of its culture, especially “Forward Deployed Engineering”. Lots of companies are trying to imitate this, and some other founders have even reached out to me for advice on whether they, too, should do this model for their startup.
Palantir posted a manifesto that reads like the ramblings of a comic book villain
Palantir shared 22 points excerpted from CEO Alex Karp and Nicholas W. Zamiska's 2025 book, The Technological Republic, and they're troubling.
The Philosophy Behind Palantir: Moira Weigel and Anthony Burton w/ Alexis Papazoglou
Palantir grabbed Project Maven defense contract after Google left the program: sources
Palantir is working with the US Department of Defense to build artificial intelligence that can analyze drone footage.
Palantir | Gotham | Titanium
Titanium extends the Palantir platform by connecting applications in a cohesive, modern user interface.
PalantirWatch — Tracking Palantir Technologies
Independent watchdog tracking Palantir's contracts, executives, lobbying, legal exposure, and global footprint.
