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AI, money & persuasion
Founder votes, purchasing power and AI distribution create different forms of authority around Karp's company.
Solid lines: documented in a cited record. Dashed: reported or inferred. Hollow arrows: proposed powers. Choose a connection for its evidence.
Contract ceilings are not spending. Partnerships are not ownership. Collective founder votes are not Karp's unilateral control; court relief preserves lawful government supplier choice.
Alex Karp → Founder instruction right → Palantir Founder Voting Trust
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Karp is one of the three current participants; the bloc requires at least two matching instructions. No single founder can unilaterally direct this bloc while all three remain parties.
Peter Thiel → Founder instruction right → Palantir Founder Voting Trust
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Thiel is one of the three current participants; the bloc requires at least two matching instructions. No single founder can unilaterally direct this bloc while all three remain parties.
Stephen Cohen → Founder instruction right → Palantir Founder Voting Trust
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Cohen is one of the three current participants; the bloc requires at least two matching instructions. No single founder can unilaterally direct this bloc while all three remain parties.
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.
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.
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.
U.S. Army → $65m TITAN production order → Anduril Industries
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Anduril receives the other production award; together the orders cover eight systems over eighteen months. Separate from Palantir's $127m award; not proof of disbursement.
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.
Microsoft → Azure OpenAI model distribution route → OpenAI
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The Microsoft–Palantir announcement explicitly names GPT-4 and other models through Azure OpenAI. This does not establish a direct OpenAI–Palantir contract, equity link or governance relationship.
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.
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.
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.