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Palantir isn't "CIA code". Palantir received seed funding from In-Q-Tel. Don't they have fact checkers and technical consultants at Bloomberg news?

by nova22033 8y ago

LinuxBender 8y ago
One funds the startups for the other. Perhaps they were drawing a conclusion based on funding. I am just guessing.
- nova22033 8y ago
  They weren't drawing conclusions. It's right there in the headline: "CIA Code". Based on https://www.iqt.org/portfolio/ https://www.iqt.org/portfolio/, Sonatype was funded by In-Q-Tel. Does this mean nexus is "CIA code"? Or apache spark? https://www.iqt.org/databricks-secures-strategic-investment-from-in-q-tel-to-deliver-cloud-based-apache-spark-platform/ https://www.iqt.org/databricks-secures-strategic-investment-...
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CretinDesAlpes 8y ago
But you get more visitors with "CIA code" in the title...
falcolas 8y ago
In-Q-Tel's customer is the US government. It is a VC company whose own funds come from the Letter agencies. VCs have outsized influence on what companies do, being investors (and in In-Q-Tel's case, BIG investors). Saying that Palantir has been influenced by the CIA is not that huge of a leap. > [In-Q-Tel] invests in high-tech companies for the sole purpose of keeping the Central Intelligence Agency, and other intelligence agencies, equipped with the latest in information technology in support of United States intelligence capability. - Wikipedia > IQT is the not-for-profit strategic investor that accelerates the development and delivery of cutting-edge technologies to U.S. government agencies that keep our nation safe. - In-Q-Tel's About Page
- Kalium 8y ago
  You're absolutely, completely right! In-Q-Tel is publicly owned and controlled by the CIA. With that said, it's worth knowing that the US government tends to use established systems as vehicles for doing arbitrary things with money. So In-Q-Tel winds up investing money for any government agency that wants to do it. So while In-Q-Tel spends what is technically always CIA money, it's very possible that it could have come from anywhere in the federal government to serve purposes that might have nothing to do with any of the CIA's goals.

Palantir isn't "CIA code". Palantir received seed funding from In-Q-Tel. Don't they have fact checkers and technical consultants at Bloomberg news?

LinuxBender 8y ago

One funds the startups for the other. Perhaps they were drawing a conclusion based on funding. I am just guessing.

nova22033 8y ago
They weren't drawing conclusions. It's right there in the headline: "CIA Code". Based on https://www.iqt.org/portfolio/ https://www.iqt.org/portfolio/, Sonatype was funded by In-Q-Tel. Does this mean nexus is "CIA code"? Or apache spark? https://www.iqt.org/databricks-secures-strategic-investment-from-in-q-tel-to-deliver-cloud-based-apache-spark-platform/ https://www.iqt.org/databricks-secures-strategic-investment-...
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CretinDesAlpes 8y ago

But you get more visitors with "CIA code" in the title...

falcolas 8y ago

In-Q-Tel's customer is the US government. It is a VC company whose own funds come from the Letter agencies. VCs have outsized influence on what companies do, being investors (and in In-Q-Tel's case, BIG investors). Saying that Palantir has been influenced by the CIA is not that huge of a leap. > [In-Q-Tel] invests in high-tech companies for the sole purpose of keeping the Central Intelligence Agency, and other intelligence agencies, equipped with the latest in information technology in support of United States intelligence capability. - Wikipedia > IQT is the not-for-profit strategic investor that accelerates the development and delivery of cutting-edge technologies to U.S. government agencies that keep our nation safe. - In-Q-Tel's About Page

Kalium 8y ago
You're absolutely, completely right! In-Q-Tel is publicly owned and controlled by the CIA. With that said, it's worth knowing that the US government tends to use established systems as vehicles for doing arbitrary things with money. So In-Q-Tel winds up investing money for any government agency that wants to do it. So while In-Q-Tel spends what is technically always CIA money, it's very possible that it could have come from anywhere in the federal government to serve purposes that might have nothing to do with any of the CIA's goals.