Who’s Writing the Code at Palantir?
Inside the workforce powering America’s surveillance stack... and why no one’s asking the right questions.
Palantir sponsored 78 foreign tech workers on H-1B visas in 2024.
This same company builds surveillance tools for DHS, the IRS, and ICE.
𝗜𝗻 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗳𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀, 𝗣𝗮𝗹𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗿 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝘀𝗽𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗼𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝟮𝟲𝟯 𝗛-𝟭𝗕 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸𝗲𝗿𝘀.
Roughly half were hired into AI and software engineering roles.
Most people still think of Palantir as a shadowy …