A new biography reveals how Palantir deployed engineers to expand operations in Tel Aviv and supported deadly tech-driven military aggression in Lebanon.
A newly released biography has revealed that the US-based AI surveillance company Palantir Technologies played a direct role in "Israel’s" 2024 “pager and walkie-talkie” terrorist attacks in Lebanon.
The disclosure appears in "The Philosopher in the Valley: Alex Karp, Palantir, and the Rise of the Surveillance State," a new biography of Palantir CEO Alex Karp, authored by New York Times journalist Michael Steinberger.
According to the book, "Israel’s" Mossad had been utilizing Palantir’s technology even before the escalation of aggression on Gaza and Lebanon in 2024. However, following the events of October 7, Steinberger writes, "Israel’s" Shin Bet and military “sought to obtain Palantir’s software,” prompting the US firm to expedite deployment.
“The demand for Palantir’s assistance was so great that the company dispatched a team of engineers from London to help get Israeli users online,” Steinberger writes.
He adds that Palantir went as far as renting an additional floor in its Tel Aviv office to train Israeli intelligence analysts and expand operational capacity. (more...)
Palantir complicity in deadly Israeli pager attack on Lebanon exposed
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