SRC — Palantir
Folder: 05 - SOURCE MATERIAL Supporting: Palantir
Origin and Funding
Fast Company — CIA and Palantir Origin November 2025 https://www.fastcompany.com/91446398/cia-police-palantir-alex-karp-predictive-peter-thiel-paypal-sequoia Source: excerpt from Michael Steinberger “The Philosopher in the Valley: Alex Karp, Palantir, and the Rise of the Surveillance State” Simon & Schuster, 2025. Confirms: In-Q-Tel $2M investment 2004. CIA was primary early client.
Britannica Money — Palantir Overview https://www.britannica.com/money/Palantir-Technologies-Inc Confirms: CIA funding, Gotham launch 2008, Foundry launch 2015.
Built In — Palantir Explainer https://builtin.com/articles/what-is-palantir Confirms: In-Q-Tel investment. Government agencies confirmed as clients.
Government Clients — 2013 Leak
TechCrunch — Leaked Client List 2013 At least 12 US government agencies confirmed including CIA, DHS, NSA, FBI, CDC, Marine Corps, Air Force, Special Operations Command. Referenced in Wikipedia — Palantir Technologies.
CEO Statements
Alex Karp — Axios Interview 2020 “Our software is used on occasion to kill people.” CNN coverage: https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/10/tech/palantir-ipo-explainer
Alex Karp — February 2025 Fentanyl drone statement re: critics. Good Law Project / multiple sources: https://goodlawproject.org/palantir-uses-medical-records-to-target-people-for-ice-in-the-us-will-the-uk-be-next/
ImmigrationOS / ICE
American Immigration Council — August 2025 https://www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/blog/ice-immigrationos-palantir-ai-track-immigrants/ Contract ID: 70CTD022FR0000170 $30M no-bid contract confirmed. Prototype deadline: September 2025. Contract runs through September 2027.
Axios Denver — May 2025 https://www.axios.com/local/denver/2025/05/01/palantir-deportations-ice-immigration-trump $30M contract confirmed.
Immigration Policy Tracking https://immpolicytracking.org/policies/reported-palantir-awarded-30-million-to-build-immigrationos-surveillance-platform-for-ice/ Full contract documentation. Federal Contract ID confirmed.
Good Law Project — January 2026 Medical records used for ICE targeting confirmed. ELITE platform (Enhanced Leads Identification & Targeting for Enforcement) confirmed in use. https://goodlawproject.org/palantir-uses-medical-records-to-target-people-for-ice-in-the-us-will-the-uk-be-next/
Stephen Miller / Palantir Financial Stake American Immigration Council article above. Conflict of interest documented.
Deaths During ICE Operations — January 2026 Renee Good, 37, mother of three. Alex Pretti, 37, ICU nurse. Both US citizens. Both killed during operations using Palantir software. Digital Health News / multiple sources confirmed.
NHS Contract
£330M NHS England Contract — 2023 Federated Data Platform (FDP). Contract value: £330 million. Review date: 2027. LBC: https://www.lbc.co.uk/article/reform-nhs-data-immigration-raids-5HjdWGY_2/
NHS England October 2025 Planning Framework Mandated all trusts and ICBs onboard to FDP. Digital Health News: https://www.digitalhealth.net/2026/01/concerns-mount-over-major-nhs-software-suppliers-links-with-ice/
BMA Annual Meeting — June 2025 BMA voted to lobby against Palantir’s NHS involvement. Reasons: lack of transparency, discriminatory policing history, links to US government. Digital Health News above.
Good Law Project — Legal Action NHS contract heavily redacted. Legal challenge filed over data use opacity. IBA article: https://www.ibanet.org/Palantir-and-the-rule-of-law
Medact Briefing — March 2026 Warning: interoperable software could enable NHS-to-immigration data sharing under future government. Computer Weekly: https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366640417/Health-workers-call-for-Palantir-to-be-booted-from-NHS-contracts LBC: https://www.lbc.co.uk/article/reform-nhs-data-immigration-raids-5HjdWGY_2/ HT World (published this week): https://www.htworld.co.uk/news/digital-health/nhs-palantir-deal-could-enable-reform-immigration-crackdown-health-bosses-warned-lead26/
Reform UK Policy Document — August 2025 “Operation Restoring Justice” Quotes automatic data sharing between Home Office, NHS, HMRC, DVLA, banks, and police. Cited in Medact briefing above.
Military and Israel
NATO Battlefield AI Contract — 2024 AI-powered battlefield command system. IBA article above.
UN Special Rapporteur — June 2025 Report accusing tech firms of “aiding and abetting” Israel. Palantir specifically named. Computer Weekly above.
Storebrand Divestment — October 2024 Cited: AI predictive policing supporting Israeli surveillance of Palestinians. Computer Weekly above.
Financial Performance
S&P 500 Best Performer 2024 Karp compensation: $6.8 billion. New Statesman: https://www.newstatesman.com/culture/books/book-of-the-day/2025/11/all-your-data-belongs-to-us-the-rise-of-palantir
Corporate Governance — Voting Trust Class F common stock structure. Founders retain control regardless of public ownership. SEC Form S-1 — August 2020.
Peter Thiel
Bilderberg Group Steering Committee Thiel’s membership confirmed. Wikipedia — Peter Thiel. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Thiel
Still To Source
- Full technical specifications of ImmigrationOS beyond contract summary investigate
- Palantir’s specific role in Israeli military operations — product names and functions #investigate
- GCHQ contract — specific scope and value not public #investigate
- Palantir LAPD contract — full scope and current status #investigate
- Foundry in commercial healthcare beyond NHS — US hospital systems investigate