How Your Tax Dollars Built Palantir's Global Surveillance Empire

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From a startup founded by Peter Thiel and funded by the CIA to a $370 billion tech giant, Palantir has quietly become one of the most powerful companies in the world. Sources: Palantir S-1 Filing: https://content.edgar-online.com/ExternalLink/EDGAR/0001193125-20-230013.html?hash=f1a68584cb5d1cd939d5614c86fd9adf382c286c06306ad42934646cac1e7f90&dest=D904406DEX41_HTM#D904406DEX41_HTM US Government Federal Contracts: https://www.usaspending.gov/search/?hash=0d810abc381ed4ca201046e5cc6a3056 Complete source documentation is available on Patreon Thank you to the channel supporters! To support the channel: https://patreon.com/VanessaWingardh Chapters: 00:00 Intro 01:20 Palantir: Money Over Morals 02:26 Total Information Awareness 03:17 CIA Funded Palantir 03:56 Palantir Early Advisors 04:30 Palantir’s Gotham 05:59 Project Maven 06:29 Google and Maven Contract Controversy 07:26 Palantir Builds Maven 08:09 Maven Goes Global 08:52 Tax Payers Fund Palantir’s Technology 09:38 Foundry: Palantir and JP Morgan Chase 10:44 Palantir Wins Hardware Contract for TITAN 11:28 Palantir’s Dangerous Ideology 12:39 Use AI for Behavioral Change 13:28 Palantir Disrupts 14:03 Conflict is Profitable 15:01 Karp Doesn’t Need the Public 15:22 Become the Default Operating System for the US Government 16:51 Forward Deployed Engineers 17:33 Executive Order: Stopping Waster, Fraud, and Abuse 18:34 Government Surveillance vs Private Sector 19:09 Who Watches the Watchers 19:44 Palantir’s Reach and Tax Payer Funding 20:14 Peace is Palantir’s Enemy This investigation is based on publicly available documents including SEC filings, government contracts, patents, court records, earnings calls, and published interviews. Some connections drawn represent analytical interpretations of available evidence rather than proven facts. References to 'surveillance,' 'tracking,' 'institutional takeover,' or similar terms reflect critical analysis and opinion based on documented capabilities and contracts. Statements about corporate intentions, government dependencies, or systemic impacts represent interpretive commentary on public information. Facts, evidence, and independent analysis are used in this video to draw strongly opinionated conclusions. No statement should be interpreted as a definitive legal conclusion or accusation of unlawful conduct. When discussing capabilities versus actual deployment, or drawing connections between historical programs and current operations, these represent investigative analysis protected as opinion and commentary. Viewers are encouraged to examine the cited sources and reach their own conclusions. This content constitutes newsgathering and public-interest commentary protected under the First Amendment and relevant Swedish and EU press freedoms. All company names and trademarks are property of their respective owners.