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Ever since my book Mobilize launched earlier this week, I’ve been flooded with messages from people asking how they can help save the American industrial base. Now we’re launching a new fellowship to connect patriots to the movement: Are you a veteran with an active security clearance looking for a new mission? A cleared, tech-savvy civilian who wants to do more than ride a desk? Palantir wants YOU for the American Tech Fellowship-Mobilize. We started ATF last year to identify and train elite American talent to revitalize our country.  Now we’re launching a new, accelerated ATF cohort (ATF-Mobilize) to teach America’s cleared workforce how to wield industry-leading software to reboot the defense industrial base. ATF-Mobilize fellows will participate in eight weeks of live, virtual training on Palantir Foundry and AIP, guided by domain experts from Palantir and our partner, Ontologize. They will learn-by-doing, building custom tools solo and with their peers. Graduates will gain mission-critical skills and access to a growing alumni network. They will also be considered for jobs at Palantir and our customers supporting urgent missions across the defense industrial base. ATF-Mobilize is your chance to deploy from your couch to a job in the engine rooms of American power. We want the best of the best. We want heretical heroes. Don’t let this opportunity pass you by. Applications are live now. Training begins April 28.  Mobilize is a movement. Move out with us: #recruiting" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">mobilizebook.com/#recruiting

The @DeptofWar today announced the appointment of Mr. Gavin Kliger (@gavin_kliger) as Chief Data Officer, a role that places him at the center of the Department’s most ambitious AI efforts. "We are in a global competition for military AI dominance, and America must build on its leadership to extend our advantage over adversaries," said Kliger. "My mission is to integrate the unparalleled innovation of America’s private sector with the Department’s operational expertise to rapidly deliver advanced AI capabilities to our warfighters. By driving pace-setting projects with wartime urgency, we will ensure cutting-edge technology translates into decisive battlefield advantages for the United States." Mr. Kliger will be a key leader in executing the Department's AI strategy. He will focus on the day-to-day alignment and execution of the Department’s AI projects, working directly with America's frontier AI labs to support the warfighter. His oversight will ensure these projects maintain strategic focus, secure critical data access, and deliver transformative capabilities at record speed.  His background includes service on Secretary Hegseth’s @DOGE_DOW team, where he oversaw the launch of GenAI.mil, the Department’s official enterprise AI platform. He also contributed to the Drone Dominance program; an effort focused on rapidly fielding large quantities of American-made, one-way attack drones to the warfighter. Before entering public service, he was a senior member of technical staff at Databricks.

SCOOP: The Pentagon has formally notified Anthropic that it’s deemed the artificial intelligence company and its products a risk to the US supply chain, according to a senior defense official. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

@michaeljburry Mr. Burry, some people suggest that Claude wasn't a big factor in Palantir's AI capabilities. If that were truly the case, why would everyone from the government to Elon try to come after Anthropic for its stand instead of just quietly removing Claude from their systems?

we're making @blocks smaller today. here's my note to the company. #### today we're making one of the hardest decisions in the history of our company: we're reducing our organization by nearly half, from over 10,000 people to just under 6,000. that means over 4,000 of you are being asked to leave or entering into consultation. i'll be straight about what's happening, why, and what it means for everyone. first off, if you're one of the people affected, you'll receive your salary for 20 weeks + 1 week per year of tenure, equity vested through the end of may, 6 months of health care, your corporate devices, and $5,000 to put toward whatever you need to help you in this transition (if you’re outside the U.S. you’ll receive similar support but exact details are going to vary based on local requirements). i want you to know that before anything else. everyone will be notified today, whether you're being asked to leave, entering consultation, or asked to stay. we're not making this decision because we're in trouble. our business is strong. gross profit continues to grow, we continue to serve more and more customers, and profitability is improving. but something has changed. we're already seeing that the intelligence tools we’re creating and using, paired with smaller and flatter teams, are enabling a new way of working which fundamentally changes what it means to build and run a company. and that's accelerating rapidly. i had two options: cut gradually over months or years as this shift plays out, or be honest about where we are and act on it now. i chose the latter. repeated rounds of cuts are destructive to morale, to focus, and to the trust that customers and shareholders place in our ability to lead. i'd rather take a hard, clear action now and build from a position we believe in than manage a slow reduction of people toward the same outcome. a smaller company also gives us the space to grow our business the right way, on our own terms, instead of constantly reacting to market pressures. a decision at this scale carries risk. but so does standing still. we've done a full review to determine the roles and people we require to reliably grow the business from here, and we've pressure-tested those decisions from multiple angles. i accept that we may have gotten some of them wrong, and we've built in flexibility to account for that, and do the right thing for our customers. we're not going to just disappear people from slack and email and pretend they were never here. communication channels will stay open through thursday evening (pacific) so everyone can say goodbye properly, and share whatever you wish. i'll also be hosting a live video session to thank everyone at 3:35pm pacific. i know doing it this way might feel awkward. i'd rather it feel awkward and human than efficient and cold. to those of you leaving…i’m grateful for you, and i’m sorry to put you through this. you built what this company is today. that's a fact that i'll honor forever. this decision is not a reflection of what you contributed. you will be a great contributor to any organization going forward. to those staying…i made this decision, and i'll own it. what i'm asking of you is to build with me. we're going to build this company with intelligence at the core of everything we do. how we work, how we create, how we serve our customers. our customers will feel this shift too, and we're going to help them navigate it: towards a future where they can build their own features directly, composed of our capabilities and served through our interfaces. that's what i'm focused on now. expect a note from me tomorrow. jack