Big data AI software firm Palantir Technologies faces backlash from the tech industry over its collaboration with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to develop an immigrant tracking system.
On Sunday, TechCrunch reported that Y Combinator co-founder Paul Graham harshly criticized Palantir’s 30 million USD contract, describing it as constructing police state infrastructure.
In response, Ted Mabrey, Palantir’s Global Head of Commercial, defended the company by stating that its technology is being developed for the benefit of humanity and asserted that the immigrant monitoring system does not violate the Constitution.
However, the controversy shows no signs of abating. According to TechCrunch, Graham continues to press the issue, demanding that Palantir “commit publicly on behalf of Palantir not to build things that help the government violate the US constitution.”