Tag: Palantir

Trump’s embrace of dystopian Palantir spying tool sends stock soaring

Kit Klarenberg·June 4, 2025 The Trump administration has charged the surveillance firm Palantir with agglomerating the US population’s personal data across government agencies, raising alarm about a centralized spying tool targeting hundreds of millions without oversight. Wall Street responded to the news by sending Palantir’s stock price to unprecedented heights. During an end-of-year investor call […]

US Army appoints Palantir, Meta, OpenAI execs as Lt. Colonels

Wyatt Reed·June 18, 2025 Four senior executives at Palantir, Meta, and OpenAI have been formally appointed lieutenant colonels in the US Army following the creation of a “special” unit created for rich Big Tech mavens seeking military leadership roles. On June 13, the Army announced the creation of Detachment 201, otherwise known as the “Executive Innovation Corps,” […]