Peter Thiel's stealthy start-up Palantir has unlocked a new opportunity to sell to the US military as revenue tops $1 billion Disruptor50
, a defense industrial mainstay, for the contract, raising its profile in D.C. to a new level. Announced in March, the contract makes Palantir a "defense program of record," a critical designation for government contracting.
The company is a Silicon Valley paradox: Seen as innovative and forward-thinking like its California counterparts, but clandestine and hawkish like its D.C. competitors. While employees for Google, Apple and Amazon have loudly protested to their companies' involvement in government work with private data, Palantir's CEO has embraced the role of big tech companies in Washington.
The company offers two primary platforms, one for government-backed investigations and geospatial missions called Palantir Gotham, and another focused on enterprise called Palantir Foundry.
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