Palantir has sought to reassure European allies that neither the company nor the U.S. government has a “kill switch” for its Maven artificial intelligence platform. Used by NATO’s military headquarters and several European armed forces, Maven processes battlefield data from multiple sensors to aid decision-making.
The statement from Palantir executive Louis Mosley comes amid growing European concerns about reliance on U.S. defense technology. Those concerns intensified after recent disruptions to SpaceX’s Starlink and Starshield services in Ukraine. Some European officials suspected the disruptions had political motives, raising questions about whether critical technology could be disabled unilaterally.
Mosley gave what he called “categorical reassurance,” saying customers who buy Palantir’s software have full operational control.