Paris Marx is joined by Caroline Haskins to discuss what Palantir actually does and the growing influence it has within the US government and many large corporations.
Caroline Haskins is a staff writer at <a href="https://www.wired.com/author/caroline-haskins/">Wired</a>.
Tech Won’t Save Us offers a critical perspective on tech, its worldview, and wider society with the goal of inspiring people to demand better tech and a better world. Support the show on <a href="https://www.patreon.com/techwontsaveus">Patreon</a>.
The podcast is made in partnership with The Nation. Production is by Kyla Hewson.
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Peter Thiel is giving a series of <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2025-09-09/peter-thiel-s-antichrist-lectures-are-a-safe-move-for-the-palantir-billionaire">lectures on the Antichrist</a>.
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 <li>Caroline wrote about <a href="%E2%81%A0https://www.wired.com/story/palantir-what-the-company-does/">Palantir</a> and <a href="https://www.wired.com/story/palantir-defense-conference-journalists/">getting confronted by the company</a> at a conference.</li>
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Paris mentioned a connection between Paypal and the founding of Palantir; <a href="https://archive.ph/20250207164133/https://www.wired.com/story/joining-the-dots/">a founding story for Palantir</a> is that the concept for the company grew from the desire to use the fraud-detection software designed for PayPal to build counterterrorism software.
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Palantir is having a <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2025/04/28/palantir-tech-stocks.html">much better financial year</a> than the rest of Silicon Valley.
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