Palantir Terror: They Need More Power (Unironically)

In this episode, we examine recent government contracts awarded to Palantir and discuss their implications for national security. Palantir has secured significant contracts, including a $480 million deal for the Maven Smart System and a $217.8 million contract from the Space Forces' Space Systems Command. We tackle concerns about data integration, government efficiency, and privacy issues while highlighting the potential benefits Palantir's technology could bring. Join us as we explore how AI-driven command and control capabilities could revolutionize government operations and why public fears may be misplaced.

Simone Collins: So , I looked up like what's been going on with Palantir, like the new government contracts. Yeah. And I am horrified. I'm genuinely horrified, but it's because I cannot believe the government has not already implemented this tech.

Like,

Malcolm Collins: I love what our fans, it's like, are you guys worried about what Palantir is and you're worried about the Yeah, I'm worried,

Simone Collins: like, is what is the new tech? There are two things that happened recently. In May, 2024, Palantir won a $480 million contract for the Maven Smart System, which is an AI powered prototype for military and intelligence applications with an expected completion date of May, 2029.

And in 2025, the Pentagon increased this contract ceiling by 795 million, bringing the total to over 1 billion, anticipating increased demand from military users for AI driven command and control capabilities. I absolutely want that for a government like, imagine how insecure you would feel if your government was doing nothing with ai.

Malcolm Collins: Yeah, seriously.

Simone Collins: And then also a 217.8 million contract was awarded to Palantir, a sub, a subsidiary of it to Palantir, USG by the Space Forces, space Systems Command.

Malcolm Collins: Well, and also keep in mind how much for joint forest missions safe this is than going to like the NSA or something. Where, oh God, where they, well,

Simone Collins: it's just wasteful.

Like the NSA can try to do this. So a, another, another thing is that like people are, are freaking out about them because a lot of these deals, there are other deals too. For example, ice did a contract ice seize all the weapons

Malcolm Collins: they can get. I've seen the way people are freaking out about them, I know

Simone Collins: it's, they did a 30 million Palantir, did a 30 million deal with ICE to provide software monitoring visas and tracking deportations offering quote, near real-time visibility into migrant movements.

I'm like, wait, you didn't have that before? Are you kidding me? Like, what were you doing before? You know, and the Palantir's also in discussions with the Social Security Administration and the Internal Revenue Service to deploy its Foundry platform. And it, the Foundry platform of Palantir organizes and analyzes data.

So it, it, it enables the merging of sensitive data sets across agencies and why people are freaked out about the Foundry platform is that it's, it's. One central to many app palantir's government contracts, but it allows agencies to integrate data from various sources. So you can take financial records and immigration data and health records, which is

Malcolm Collins: exactly the thing that led to nine 11 was not being able to integrate.

Yeah, no, not enough

Simone Collins: interagency communication because there's so, 'cause they

Malcolm Collins: had knowledge that this was going to happen. Yes. When people

Simone Collins: weren't talking with each other because they're idiots and Palantir fixes this. And so you, you put this all into a central system for analysis. And you know, when you, when you have this adopted by the Department of Homeland Security and Health and Human Services the New York Times fierce, this created a master database by merging sensitive information like bank account numbers and student debt and medical claims and disability status.

But I'm like, yes. Why don't we have

Malcolm Collins: official database of that, that we need that? Yeah.

Simone Collins: How, how do we not have that? Like it disturbs me. 'cause I guess I was, you know how I always like take the most charitable interpretation of someone, right? Yeah. Like I'm just, I assume that they're doing their best work.

And so I assume that like if I apply for something with the government, that they're also aware of all, like my tax payment status, my social security status. They're aware. Nope. Nope. They have no idea. Like they're just like 17 different Simons in the US government, and none of them are integrated data wise.

They have no idea what the other Simons are doing. You know, one Simone could be a felon who this guy doesn't know. Like, I can't believe that. And this is how you end up getting, for example, illegal immigrants voted, this is how you,

Malcolm Collins: or, or social security payments going to people who are like 500 years old, you know?

Yeah. Like

Simone Collins: the, how are we not, like we need more Palantir that just like, you know what, actually just end the US government Make all, make it 100% Palantir. Yeah. Like, I'm, I'm done. Like contractors. It's the only one I trust. No, like they, they're competently run. Alex Karp is like. Extremely dedicated to the company, to the cause.

I think he's created a very enthusiastic, can we like shut

Malcolm Collins: down, like Boeing, for example. Like that needs to end. Okay.

Simone Collins: I know, I know. Like of all the organizations that I'm like super cool with having a little, little too much pow like guys I mean, a point that JD Vance had made in an interview with a comedian recently who was like, well, I'm freaked out about all this is, is JD Vance is like, listen, like.

Every major corporation has levels of data, information on you, on your purchase history, on your thoughts, on what you're saying in your own home that put all of this to shame. Like if you're worried about big brother listening to you, then maybe you shouldn't like have all these smart devices in your home.

Maybe you shouldn't have a smartphone sitting live next to you all the time, not sitting in a far cage like it's already happened. But this isn't in the hand even of the US government that ultimately wants the best. You know, no China's

Malcolm Collins: getting all this information, I assure you. Yeah, no, China. Yeah.

Simone Collins: You've got TikTok on your phone, China ccp, ISS listening. They know what's going on in your life. They know that you're menstruating right now. They know that you're a little bit irritable. 'cause if you're seasonal allergies, but the US government can't even figure out if you're dead or not. It's

Malcolm Collins: your personal menstruation notifications that is, that is what's going on right now.

And I'd, I'd be really excited if I heard Palantir getting like a big drone contract or something. 'cause we need to get way better. No, the

Simone Collins: more the merrier. Like genuinely I'm reading this and getting increasingly concerned of like, wait, they weren't doing this already. Like mods have been asleep this whole time.

Like I really do feel a lot of, why wasn't

Malcolm Collins: I out there murdering people? Like honestly, I don't understand.

Simone Collins: That's the,

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