From Data Chaos to "God View": How In-Q-Tel & Palantir Protect the US

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But what if we I said plant 3 during CO 19. It was everywhere. The US government used it to track outbreaks, distribute vaccines, manage supply chains. Hospitals used it, airlines used it. Even the British government used it to forecast where the next PPE shortage would hit.

And here's where it gets weird. No one outside Palanteer really understands how the system works. Not fully. It's not a spreadsheet. It's a black box with influence.

And not everyone was happy. We gave an unaccountable private company power over national logistics and critical healthcare decisions during a pandemic because their interface looked cool. But Foundry didn't care because it got results. And in the corporate world, results get you paid.