Palantir

Palantir bags $480M from Pentagon to inject battlefield AI into the entire military

Uncle Sam wants Maven Smart System to be in use across DoD by 2029

Public Sector30 May 2024 | 12

Investment analyst accuses Palantir of AI washing

Stick to data pipelines and ontology, says expert after share price dip

AI + ML09 May 2024 | 11

Palantir's CEO calls 'woke' a 'central risk to Palantir, America and the world'

Oh, and Alex Karp's forecasts disappoint the market after strong revenue growth

Databases07 May 2024 | 146

KPMG bags £8.5M NHS gig as cheerleader for Federated Data Platform rollout

Consultancy tasked with helping local services get on board

Public Sector16 Apr 2024 | 7

Hyundai picks Palantir to help it build automated navy ships

Reconaissance vessels first, then set a course for armed drones

AI + ML15 Apr 2024 | 8

Palantir and Oracle buddy up on cloud infrastructure

But do all Foundry workloads move to OCI? It's up to the customer, spy-tech firm says

Storage09 Apr 2024 | 5

UK health department republishes £330M Palantir contract with fewer ██████

As Good Law Project considers response, ICO slams failure to comply with FoI request

Databases25 Mar 2024 | 43

Palantir wins US Army contract for battlefield AI

US spy-tech firm at center of UK health data systems applies its technology to altogether different ends

AI + ML08 Mar 2024 | 19

Palantir boss says outfit's software the only reason the 'goose step' has not returned to Europe

Motor-mouth CEO Alex Karp claims biz stopped 'innumerable' terror attacks in Europe

Bootnotes28 Feb 2024 | 97

Legal campaigners challenge UK.gov decision to redact NHS-Palantir contract

Federated Data Platform agreement merits pre-action letter from Good Law Project

Databases20 Feb 2024 | 22

Expert sounds alarm bells over upcoming NHS data platform

Research warns not to make the same mistakes as other electronic patient record systems

Databases05 Jan 2024 | 18

NHS England published heavily redacted Palantir contract as festivities began

Health org that previously promised it learned its lesson on transparency will ███, ███, and ███

Databases02 Jan 2024 | 95

Health crusaders prep legal challenge over NHS mega contract with Palantir

Updated Groups claim Federated Data Platform requires new legislation to go ahead

Databases01 Dec 2023 | 10

UK government slammed for Palantir 'free trial period' deal in Ukraine housing scheme

Updated US spy-tech vendor’s tactic deemed 'contrary to the principles of public procurement'

Public Sector17 Oct 2023 | 19

NHS watchdog expresses vendor lock-in concerns over Federated Data Platform deal

Quango must show Palantir does not have unfair advantage in procurement

Databases29 Aug 2023 | 8

Palantir lobbied UK pensions department for its software to tackle fraud

Approach follows successful contracts in the health sector

Software09 Aug 2023 | 20

Mega-data platform worth half a billion will suck in info from family doctors

UK officials argue NHS patient details will only be available locally

PaaS + IaaS23 Jun 2023 | 30

Palantir's deals with NHS England top £60M – without competition

Latest £24.9M 'transition' contract an attempt to bridge gap to contract UK.gov is due to award in September

Databases20 Jun 2023 | 7

NHS England considered using Palantir tech to manage strike disruption

But then opted for spreadsheets instead

Databases17 Apr 2023 | 20

NHS threatened with legal action over £480m patient data platform

Updated Campaigners ask if Palantir's 'must-win' contract could see tech giants build products on NHS data

Spotlight on Databases17 Mar 2023 | 15

UK consortium set to bid for £480 million NHS data platform

Syndicate wants to see health service 'stay in control' in face of fierce competition from Palantir

Databases28 Feb 2023 | 26

UK health minister confirms data platform worth £480m will replicate Palantir dashboards

Suppliers competing for lucrative prize will rely on 'interoperability' of existing work from US spy-tech firm

Databases06 Feb 2023 | 22

That NHS England patient data platform procurement, FDP, is live. And worth up to £480m

References to Palantir use cases, 'unique tools' litter the tender docs as critics mull legal action

Databases11 Jan 2023 | 20

NHS England Palantir contract extension could result in further legal threats

After promising to return Covid-era data to NHS, UK govt ploughs on with extension, expansion

PaaS + IaaS06 Jan 2023 | 34

Palantir's Covid-era UK health contract extended without competition

US spy-tech firm's controversial work with patient data pushed out 6 months due to delayed data platform procurement

Databases04 Jan 2023 | 38

Doctors call for greater scrutiny of bidders for platform that pools UK's health info

Supplier 'ethics' in the spotlight after Palantir makes multimillion competition a 'must-win'

PaaS + IaaS25 Nov 2022 | 57

Watchdog warns UK health data platform could damage patients' trust

'This store of confidential data is a national treasure that must never be compromised or treated carelessly'

Personal Tech22 Nov 2022 | 30

UK's National Health Service will roll existing Palantir work into patient data platform

Does spy-tech supplier have a head start in bidding for the controversial deal it considers a 'must win'?

Databases21 Nov 2022 | 37

UK government set to extract hospital data to Palantir system without patient consent

'You'll be hearing from us,' say privacy campaigners who previously forced the government to back down

Databases04 Nov 2022 | 99

NHS data platform procurement delayed for a second time

Questions remain over Palantir's influence after consultancy role for former NHS England director revealed

Databases15 Sep 2022 | 29

UK government refuses public review before launch of NHS data platform

Patients must have the right to decide what information is taken from health records, say privacy campaigners

Databases20 Jul 2022 | 130

UK health privacy watchdog still in talks over who is accessing country's COVID data store

Over a year after discussions began, National Data Guardian continues to pursue transparency in health data use

Security14 Jun 2022 | 6

Concerns that £360m data platform for NHS England is being set up to fail

Delays said to favor Palantir as health service seeks suppliers to support its top-down data revolution

Databases13 Jun 2022 | 43

Palantir summons specter of nuclear conflict as share price collapses

Is spy-tech outfit trying to distract from underperforming results?

Software10 May 2022 | 47

Palantir expands from Covid role, wins $90m deal with US Department of Health

Controversial analytics company sees expansion into healthcare continuing

Software05 May 2022 | 6

Former NHS AI leader joins US spy-tech firm Palantir

Move coincides with NHS England's procurement of a far-reaching data platform

AI + ML22 Apr 2022 | 21

UK aims for 'openness and fairness' in its AI Strategy – unless we're talking about favoured contractors

Or the government itself, of course

AI + ML11 Nov 2021 | 12

NHS England's release of 'details' on access to Palantir COVID-19 data store: Good enough? We're in a 'dialogue' says national data watchdog

Critics, meanwhile, voice incredulity over how little data has been shared

Databases31 Aug 2021 | 17

Watchdog 'disappointed' it took NHS England over a year to release details of access to Palantir COVID-19 data store

Updated 18 months after controversial project began, non-departmental public body finally gives up the goods

Databases18 Aug 2021 | 70

Palantir abandons any attempt at curating nice-guy image with 'Global Information Dominance Experiments'

COO also talks of recruiting and irradiating the next David Banners of the tech world

AI + ML13 Aug 2021 | 26

In the Navy, we want to share data with some ease. In the Navy, can someone help us with this please?

Palantir potentially in line for £50m contract with Brit maritime force

Databases23 Jul 2021 | 12

NHS England staff voice concerns about access controls on US spy-tech firm Palantir's COVID-19 data store

Foundry platform lacks transparency and accountability, sources tell El Reg

Databases05 Jul 2021 | 49

Of all the analytics firms in the world, why is Palantir getting its claws into UK health data?

Comment Parliamentary Science and Technology Committee asked health secretary Matt Hancock, but he wasn't much help

Databases15 Jun 2021 | 48

Palantir co-founder, CEO Alexander Karp gets $1.1bn bumper payday in IPO year

Sometimes the love of ICE and UK.gov is not enough

AI + ML30 Apr 2021 | 8

Anyone for Palantir? UK.gov names gaggle of vendors to fight for contracts in £1.2bn back office application framework

It's time to crack open the public sector pork barrel.... like it was ever closed

Applications21 Apr 2021 | 7

Under threat of judicial review, UK.gov agrees to consultation before extending Palantir's NHS role beyond pandemic

Updated A small victory, but campaigners say they will be keeping a close eye

AI + ML30 Mar 2021 | 17

Campaigners demand judicial review of NHS deal with Peter Thiel's AI firm Palantir

Report says CEO sipped watermelon cocktails with NHS England chief at cosy party

AI + ML24 Feb 2021 | 14

NHS awards £23m two-year deal to controversial Peter Thiel AI firm Palantir

Legal challenges? Scrutiny? Ah, never mind those

Legal21 Dec 2020 | 39

How do you solve 'disruption' at the UK border after Brexit? Let's call Peter Thiel! AI biz Palantir – you're hired

Oh, and Smart Freight System software in beta by April... will be used from December. WCGW?

AI + ML17 Sep 2020 | 76

Palantir: Never made a profit, we do something with family-separating ICE, we just lost $580m – please join our IPO

S-1 filing slams Silicon Valley as the real privacy-invading spies, too

AI + ML26 Aug 2020 | 15

Open letter from digital rights groups to UK health secretary questions big tech's role in NHS COVID-19 data store

Promises of transparency about handling of citizens' health data haven't been fulfilled – campaigners

Security19 May 2020 | 14

Data-slurping biz Palantir scoops US Army contract worth up to $800m – reports

Peter Thiel's firm said to have won face-off against Raytheon

Software28 Mar 2019 | 6

Peter Thiel's Palantir reportedly eyeing up $41bn IPO

Spies' fave data mining biz could go public as early as late 2019 – reports

Software19 Oct 2018 | 8

Anonymous Amazonian demands withdrawal of face-recog kit from sale

Was your anti-surveillance letter sinkholed? Write a blog about it

Science19 Oct 2018 | 19

Valley techies to protest outside Palantir – Trump adviser's creepy citizen database biz

Thiel's upstart has the info needed for a Muslim registry

Databases17 Jan 2017 | 36

US Labor Dept accuses CIA-backed Palantir of discriminating against Asian engineers

Good ol' boys' club gives jobs to good ol' boys, lawsuit says

Legal27 Sep 2016 | 27