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posted by janrinok on Sunday December 15 2019, @04:02AM   Printer-friendly
from the Pro-Squid-Mo? dept.

Bloomberg reports that Peter Thiel, is at it again.

The U.S. Army will spend $111 million next year in a new contract with Palantir Technologies Inc., deepening ties between Peter Thiel's data analytics company and the Pentagon.

The new Defense Department deal will represent about 10% of Palantir's revenue next year, according to people familiar with the company's finances. It's the first step in what could be a four-year, $440 million deal with the Army.

The Silicon Valley company will provide software to connect human resources, supply chains and other Army operations systems into a single dashboard. The Army considered earlier proposals for related work from Accenture Plc, Deloitte, Ernst & Young and Microsoft Corp.

"We started Palantir in 2004 to help the war fighter and solve difficult problems," Doug Philippone, head of Palantir's global defense business, said in an emailed statement. "In helping the Army make better use of its own data, we accomplish both goals."

The Defense deal solidifies a relationship between the U.S. government and the Palo Alto, California-based company, which was co-founded and partly bankrolled by Thiel. The billionaire venture capitalist and adviser to President Donald Trump has chastised other technology companies, in particular Alphabet Inc.'s Google, for their reluctance to work with the Defense Department. After Google abandoned a Pentagon effort known as Project Maven, Palantir stepped in to help develop video recognition software as part of the project, a move reported earlier by Business Insider.


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  • (Score: 4, Insightful) by janrinok on Sunday December 15 2019, @06:58PM (4 children)

    by janrinok (52) Subscriber Badge on Sunday December 15 2019, @06:58PM (#932446) Journal
    I agree, but the point that I was making is that Ari's comments and personal views should be in the same place as all the other comments and views - here in the discussion. The submission should be factual and accurate so that we all start discussing from the same point, not starting from a skewed submission to begin with.
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  • (Score: 1, Offtopic) by aristarchus on Monday December 16 2019, @02:28AM (3 children)

    by aristarchus (2645) on Monday December 16 2019, @02:28AM (#932646) Journal

    There was nothing "skewed" in the Fine Original Submission, and by goosing it, you introduced a negative, counter-skew, much like the Fairly Unbalancing of Faux Nudes.

    • (Score: 2) by janrinok on Monday December 16 2019, @12:12PM (2 children)

      by janrinok (52) Subscriber Badge on Monday December 16 2019, @12:12PM (#932806) Journal

      Our nemesis, Peter Thiel,

      How special. How many of these corps had White House meetings?

      Not everyone may agree with your opinions, nor your views on politics. They express your own views rather than the factual content of the story.

      • (Score: 1, Redundant) by aristarchus on Monday December 16 2019, @04:51PM (1 child)

        by aristarchus (2645) on Monday December 16 2019, @04:51PM (#932902) Journal

        Quid pro quo, janrinok, quid pro quo. Not my opinion.

        • (Score: 2) by janrinok on Monday December 16 2019, @07:18PM

          by janrinok (52) Subscriber Badge on Monday December 16 2019, @07:18PM (#932971) Journal

          Nor my opinion, either, but you cannot and do not speak for everyone in our community