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Palantir and the Price of Exit: How Switching Cost Became Power
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Palantir and the Price of Exit: How Switching Cost Became Power

Most coverage asks what Palantir can do. The determining variable is what leaving would cost. Through integration, sole-source contracts, a 10 billion dollar consolidation, and a data layer that learns, the government's exit has been priced toward the vanishing point.

May 28, 2026 20 min read
Palantir: How CIA Seed Capital Became the Backbone of American Government
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Palantir: How CIA Seed Capital Became the Backbone of American Government

From a $2 million In-Q-Tel investment in 2003 to $970 million in annual federal contracts — the judicial precedent, the NHS lock-in, and the data architecture no Inspector General has changed.

May 10, 2026 7 min read