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==What they Do==

==What they Do==

Palantir has become infamous for its [[mass surveillance]] infrastructure, and its work collecting data from dozens of US government agencies and unspecified numbers of private enterprises, in order to create a single centralized database containing detailed behavioral and financial records on every person in the United States. This ranges from taxpayer data from the IRS, to tracking data on illegal immigrants.<ref>https://sites.suffolk.edu/jhtl/2025/10/07/palantir-spearheads-as-the-master-database-on-americans/</ref><ref name="theconversation">https://theconversation.com/when-the-government-can-see-everything-how-one-company-palantir-is-mapping-the-nations-data-263178</ref><ref>https://thedebrief.org/tech-firm-palantirs-government-work-on-data-collection-sparks-new-privacy-fears/</ref>

Palantir has become infamous in recent years for its [[mass surveillance]] infrastructure, and its work collecting data from dozens of US government agencies and unspecified numbers of private enterprises, in order to create a single centralized database containing detailed behavioral and financial records on every person in the United States. This ranges from taxpayer data from the IRS, to tracking data on illegal immigrants.<ref>https://sites.suffolk.edu/jhtl/2025/10/07/palantir-spearheads-as-the-master-database-on-americans/</ref><ref name="theconversation">https://theconversation.com/when-the-government-can-see-everything-how-one-company-palantir-is-mapping-the-nations-data-263178</ref><ref>https://thedebrief.org/tech-firm-palantirs-government-work-on-data-collection-sparks-new-privacy-fears/</ref>

 

Palantir was also instrumental in the Iraq war of the early 2000s, as it attempted to analyze behaviors in order to identify terrorists.<ref>https://www.flyingpenguin.com/how-palantirs-gods-eye-created-the-very-terrorists-it-promised-to-find/</ref> They were similarly involved in the strike on Iran in 2026.<ref>https://www.ibtimes.com/palantirs-ai-powers-us-strikes-iran-war-speeding-kill-chain-first-major-ai-driven-conflict-3800993</ref><ref>https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/militarys-use-ai-explained</ref><ref>https://www.jpost.com/defense-and-tech/article-890738</ref><ref>https://the307.substack.com/p/how-palantir-leads-the-military-industrial</ref> "Palantir Technologies (PLTR) has proven to have great war fighting capabilities and equipment," said US President Donald Trump (2026)<ref>https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4374423/posts</ref>

However, they also handle other forms of data analytics. For example, they were awarded a $5.3 million contract from the [[Centers for Disease Control and Prevention]] (CDC) in 2020, to manage COVID-19 vaccine distribution<ref>https://www.palantir.com/newsroom/press-releases/cdc-partners-with-palantir-to-bolster-the-fight-against-covid-19/</ref> A few years later, they were awarded another CDC contract, that time for $344 million, to "Help Modernize CDC’s Public Health Infrastructure"<ref>https://www.govconwire.com/articles/palantir-secures-443m-cdc-tech-support-contract</ref>

However, they also handle other forms of data analytics. For example, they were awarded a $5.3 million contract from the [[Centers for Disease Control and Prevention]] (CDC) in 2020, to manage COVID-19 vaccine distribution<ref>https://www.palantir.com/newsroom/press-releases/cdc-partners-with-palantir-to-bolster-the-fight-against-covid-19/</ref> A few years later, they were awarded another CDC contract, that time for $344 million, to "Help Modernize CDC’s Public Health Infrastructure"<ref>https://www.govconwire.com/articles/palantir-secures-443m-cdc-tech-support-contract</ref>