• This Is Palantir's Vision for Changing How the US Does Defense Spending

  • Feb 6 2025
  • Length: 48 mins
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This Is Palantir's Vision for Changing How the US Does Defense Spending

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  • This week, we saw shares of software maker Palantir soar after reporting earnings and describing demand for AI as being "untamed." But what does Palantir do, and what do they actually sell to the federal government? More importantly, how does the government actually spend money on things related to security and national defense? Last year, Palantir's CTO Shyam Sankar published a document called "The Defense Reformation," containing 18 theses about arms procurement and how it should be changed. We talk to him about the history of US defense spending, and his vision for creating a more competitive, advanced environment for the US defense sector.

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