Palantir

From its founding in the wake of 9/11 by Peter Thiel, Alex Karp, and their team, to its early CIA-backed growth with Gotham, and expansion into the commercial world with Foundry. We trace its pivotal role in intelligence operations, government contracts, and crisis responses, alongside its push into AI with AIP. The episode also explores Palantir’s ethical controversies, privacy debates, and the lessons it offers on mission-driven entrepreneurship, operating at the intersection of technology and policy, and the challenges of wielding powerful data analytics on a global stage.