In pic: Palantir UK CEO Louis Mosley. Credit: X (Twitter)
In June, France announced that its domestic intelligence agency would end its Palantir contract in favour of a local provider.
Mosley acknowledged that some larger Western European countries had become less receptive to Palantir’s products, but said the company’s engagement remained strong in other markets, including Ukraine. British lawmakers have also criticised the company’s work with the UK’s health system.
Magnets come from China,” he said. He said, “Europe is going to have to accept some dependency on the US, at least for the short term. A handful of countries have reviewed their contracts with Palantir, but practical needs, especially in defence, make it hard for Europe to do away with foreign technology providers entirely, Mosley said.
Palantir has a message for Europe on technology dependence. Louis Mosley, the head of Palantir Technologies’ UK and Europe operations, has argued that European countries will have to accept some reliance on US technology, at least in the short term, even as governments explore alternatives to American software providers. He also pointed to Europe’s dependence on China for industrial components, particularly magnets required to manufacture drones. Speaking to Bloomberg News in Brussels, Mosley argued that Europe’s dependence on China for industrial supplies also deserves greater attention, particularly as countries seek to strengthen their defence capabilities and expand drone production. “You can’t manufacture drones without magnets. “You have chokepoints in the hardware realm that don’t get discussed nearly as much as the choke points in the software realm. Mosley added that European countries would have to recognise the limits of their efforts to become technologically self-sufficient.