Overview

• Palantir has secured a $795 million Defense Department contract and is in talks with the Social Security Administration and IRS to deploy its Foundry platform.
• The system consolidates hundreds of data points—from medical claims and disability status to bank records and student debt—into a unified database.
• Since March’s executive order, Palantir’s Foundry has been implemented in at least four federal agencies, including the Department of Homeland Security and Health and Human Services, drawing over $113 million in government payments.
• Thirteen former Palantir employees have publicly urged the company to withdraw from the project, warning that concentrating sensitive data poses significant risks of breach and misuse.
• Privacy advocates and labor rights groups have filed legal challenges to block the initiative, arguing that expanded surveillance powers could be used to target immigrants and political critics.