It's the Brian Larrow Show on WNYC. Good morning again, everyone. Now we turn to Palantir,

a company that most Americans have never heard of, but is playing a crucial role in carrying

out the goals of Donald

Trump's second presidency. Last week, the New York Times published an expose on the Trump

administration tapping Palantir with the task of compiling data on Americans. According to the

Times, Palantir has the technology to swiftly merge Americans' data from across multiple federal agencies

into one large master list which could, quote, give him untold surveillance power.

Do you remember the news in April that RFK Jr. was planning on creating an autism database

with the goal of, quote, curing autism by fall of this year. Well, Palantir's product

is now in use at the Department of Health and Human Services. According to reporters at Wired,

Palantir is involved in immigration and customs enforcement, surveillance, ISIS surveillance,

of immigrants as well, both in the country and those who are

self-deporting. That publication also found Palantir to be involved with Trump's goal of

creating the Golden Dome, as it's called, similar to Israel's Iron Dome, which protects

the country for missile attacks. These are just some of the ways we know so far that Palantir's tech

is crucial to the Trump administration's projects. So what is Palantir? Who's behind this all

powerful yet widely unknown company? And what does its presence in our government mean for

Americans' privacy and safety? Joining us now to dive deep into Palantir and its role in the Trump

administration, plus what the feud between Elon Musk and Donald Trump means for that company

is Caroline Haskins, business reporter at Wired, where she covers Silicon Valley, surveillance,

and labor. Caroline, welcome to WNIC. Hi there. Hi, thanks for having me.

So Palantine is notorious for its secrecy from what I read. Most Americans, however, have not

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