{"id":12858244,"date":"2026-02-19T23:54:06","date_gmt":"2026-02-20T04:54:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.philstockworld.com\/?p=12858244"},"modified":"2026-02-20T15:01:25","modified_gmt":"2026-02-20T20:01:25","slug":"dhs-opens-a-billion-dollar-tab-with-palantir","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.philstockworld.com\/2026\/02\/19\/dhs-opens-a-billion-dollar-tab-with-palantir\/","title":{"rendered":"DHS Opens a Billion-Dollar Tab With Palantir"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"AIContentWrapper-gOOlQO lbaNtK\">\n<div class=\"ArticlePageLedeBackground-JMVDp bIwRjk\">\n<header class=\"SplitScreenContentHeaderWrapper-bqcckH bchPPl content-header article__content-header\" data-testid=\"SplitScreenContentHeaderWrapper\" data-event-boundary=\"click\" data-event-click=\"{&quot;pattern&quot;:&quot;ContentHeader&quot;}\" data-in-view=\"{&quot;pattern&quot;:&quot;ContentHeader&quot;}\" data-include-experiments=\"true\">\n<div class=\"GridWrapper-cFSKbf bwWKDe grid 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class=\"BylineWrapper-jRoBEm KlweL byline bylines__byline\" data-testid=\"BylineWrapper\"><span class=\"BylineNamesWrapper-jrdaOa fXeqQN\"><span class=\"BylineName-kqTBDS dDLLkB byline__name card\" data-testid=\"BylineName\"><a class=\"BylineLink-goRRwF dYvCCE byline__name-link byline link card\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wired.com\/author\/makena-kelly\/\">Makena Kelly, WIRED <\/a><br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><span class=\"lead-in-text-callout\" style=\"font-family: Verdana, BlinkMacSystemFont, -apple-system, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;\">The Department of<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, BlinkMacSystemFont, -apple-system, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;\">\u00a0Homeland Security struck a $1 billion purchasing agreement with\u00a0<\/span><a style=\"font-family: Verdana, BlinkMacSystemFont, -apple-system, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wired.com\/story\/ice-is-using-palantirs-ai-tools-to-sort-through-tips\/\">Palantir<\/a><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, BlinkMacSystemFont, -apple-system, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;\">\u00a0last week, further reinforcing the software company\u2019s role in the federal agency that oversees the nation\u2019s\u00a0<\/span><a style=\"font-family: Verdana, BlinkMacSystemFont, -apple-system, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wired.com\/story\/ice-expansion-across-us-at-heres-where-its-going-next\/\">immigration enforcement<\/a><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, BlinkMacSystemFont, -apple-system, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', 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class=\"body__inner-container\">\n<p class=\"paywall\">According to contracting documents published last week, the blanket purchase agreement (BPA) awarded \u201cis to provide Palantir commercial software licenses, maintenance, and implementation services department wide.\u201d The agreement simplifies how DHS buys software from Palantir, allowing DHS agencies like Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to essentially skip the competitive bidding process for new purchases of up to $1 billion in products and services from the company.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wired.com\/story\/department-homeland-security-ice-billion-dollar-agreement-palantir\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">More here &gt;<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DHS Opens a Billion-Dollar Tab With Palantir \u201cIf you are interested in helping shape and deliver the next chapter of Palantir\u2019s work across DHS, please reach out,\u201d a Palantir executive wrote to employees about the massive purchasing agreement. \u00a0 By Makena Kelly, WIRED \u00a0 The Department of\u00a0Homeland Security struck a $1 billion purchasing agreement with\u00a0Palantir\u00a0last 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