Palantir Founder Voting Trust → Palantir Technologies Inc.
Class F voting mechanism
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Subject to its threshold, the mechanism generally brings specified founder-related votes to 49.999999%.
Connects AI suppliers to government operations
Palantir Technologies Inc.
Palantir builds software that puts data analysis and AI into government and commercial workflows. It is a consequential meeting point between the companies producing models, the cloud providers hosting them, and public agencies buying operational capability.
Palantir’s importance comes from implementation. A government does not acquire a working intelligence or defense system simply by buying access to a language model. It needs software, data integration and an environment approved for the task. Palantir helps assemble those pieces, giving it a practical position between model makers and government customers.
Its announced partnerships bring Azure OpenAI services through Microsoft and Claude through AWS-supported government infrastructure into that environment. In the first half of 2026, government customers supplied 52% of Palantir’s revenue. The Army’s enterprise agreement provides up to $10 billion of purchasing capacity over as many as ten years; actual orders are what turn that capacity into business. September 2026 TITAN production orders allocated $127 million to Palantir and $65 million to Anduril.
Inside the company, Alex Karp, Peter Thiel and Stephen Cohen retain a powerful collective voting arrangement. Class F shares generally bring the specified founder voting bloc to 49.999999%, subject to the ownership threshold. Matching instructions from at least two founders determine how the bloc votes. That gives the founders durable influence even as the company sells shares to the public.
The relationship with the state runs both ways. Palantir gets a large market and a role inside important workflows; agencies retain purchasing, appropriation and termination powers. The 2026 dispute over Anthropic’s defense use makes this bargaining especially visible: model suppliers, integrators and government customers can want different limits on the same technology.
Palantir 2026 DEF 14A ↗Palantir Q2 2026 Form 10-Q ↗Army enterprise agreement announcement ↗Army announces TITAN production ↗Microsoft and Palantir classified AI partnership ↗Anthropic and Palantir announce Claude via AWS ↗
Assessment updated 2026-09-12
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What the records show
Anthropic → Palantir Technologies Inc.
Claude integration announced
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The November 2024 issuer release combines Claude, AIP, SageMaker and an AWS-supported IL6 environment.
Palantir Technologies Inc. → Employees of Palantir Technologies Inc. PAC
Named PAC in corporate filing
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Palantir's year-end 2025 LD-203 separately names the Employees of Palantir Technologies Inc. PAC.
Palantir Technologies Inc. → Microsoft
Classified AI integration announced
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Foundry/AIP integration with Azure cloud and Azure OpenAI models was announced in August 2024.
U.S. Army → Palantir Technologies Inc.
$127m TITAN production order
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The Army's September announcement identifies this Palantir award; Palantir leads production.
Palantir Technologies Inc. → Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Institute
$50,000 corporate contribution
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LD-203 lists a self-contribution on 16 December 2025 under presidential-library expenses.
Palantir Technologies Inc. → Anduril Industries
Lattice/Menace/AIP partnership
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December 2024 release announces data retention, AI training and deployment integration.
NATO Communications and Information Agency → Palantir Technologies Inc.
Acquired MSS NATO
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Acquisition finalized 25 March 2025 for Allied Command Operations; announced 14 April.
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15 relationshipsAlex Karp → Co-founder, CEO and director → Palantir Technologies Inc.
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Karp is CEO since 2005 and director since 2003 according to the April 2026 proxy. Executive role does not establish command over government operations.
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Peter Thiel → Co-founder and chairman → Palantir Technologies Inc.
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The April 2026 proxy identifies Thiel's formal board role. Chairmanship is distinct from individual majority ownership.
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Stephen Cohen → Co-founder, president and director → Palantir Technologies Inc.
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Cohen holds these roles in the April 2026 proxy. A separate participant in corporate governance.
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Palantir Founder Voting Trust → Class F voting mechanism → Palantir Technologies Inc.
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Subject to its threshold, the mechanism generally brings specified founder-related votes to 49.999999%. Not an extra 49.999999% added to the same A/B votes, or majority economic ownership.
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U.S. Army → Up to $10bn purchasing capacity → Palantir Technologies Inc.
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The July 2025 enterprise agreement consolidates 75 contracts for up to ten years. The Army expressly says the cap is not a specific obligation or commitment.
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U.S. Army → $127m TITAN production order → Palantir Technologies Inc.
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The Army's September announcement identifies this Palantir award; Palantir leads production. Order value, not cash spending. The combined $192m headline includes Anduril's separate share.
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NATO Communications and Information Agency → Acquired MSS NATO → Palantir Technologies Inc.
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Acquisition finalized 25 March 2025 for Allied Command Operations; announced 14 April. Price is not disclosed in this announcement; procurement is not transfer of command.
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Palantir Technologies Inc. → Classified AI integration announced → Microsoft
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Foundry/AIP integration with Azure cloud and Azure OpenAI models was announced in August 2024. Availability was subject to government authorization and accreditation.
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Anthropic → Claude integration announced → Palantir Technologies Inc.
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The November 2024 issuer release combines Claude, AIP, SageMaker and an AWS-supported IL6 environment. Historical integration announcement; current deployment continuity is not established after the 2026 dispute. No equity terms disclosed.
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Amazon Web Services → Hosting and SageMaker route → Palantir Technologies Inc.
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AWS infrastructure is named in the Claude integration announcement. Hosting is distinct from ownership and operational military authority.
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Palantir Technologies Inc. → Lattice/Menace/AIP partnership → Anduril Industries
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December 2024 release announces data retention, AI training and deployment integration. An announced partnership plan does not prove deployment of every described component.
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Palantir Technologies Inc. → Named PAC in corporate filing → Employees of Palantir Technologies Inc. PAC
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Palantir's year-end 2025 LD-203 separately names the Employees of Palantir Technologies Inc. PAC. PAC activity is not automatically corporate funds or Karp's personal decision.