Everyone is focusing on Palantir. As someone who knows how much IBM has thrown at this over the past 2 years, it's really IBM and their historically strong relationship with the NYPD that is the real (but far more mundane) story. Ultimately, if you piss off the IBM execs enough (which is what Palantir is exceptionally good at), then IBM will mobilize a significant chunk of the company to obliterate anything in its wa…
What's the beef between IBM & Palantir?
Beyond the AN issue, there is a wider dispute around the DCGS program for the US Army. Palantir sold point solutions into US army airborne units and the marine corp, earned the respect of the intel analysts and delivered value quickly. Meanwhile the lumbering DCGS 'program of record' implemented by IBM was blowing out the schedule and the budget with meagre effective returns. When other US army units wanted to procure Palantir, they were blocked and redirected towards the failing DCGS program. Palantir cried fowl and sued ....
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