Microsoft and Palantir have announced an expansion of their partnership, aiming to deliver advanced cloud, AI, and analytics services to the U.S. defense and intelligence community. This collaboration will allow critical national security missions to utilize the Microsoft Azure OpenAI Service integrated within Palantir’s AI platforms.
These services will be available in Microsoft’s classified and government environments, enhancing secure and complex operations capabilities.
Palantir and Microsoft join forces for national security.
As part of their expanded collaboration, Palantir will deploy its platforms—Foundry, Gotham, Apollo, and AIP—across Microsoft Azure Government, Azure Government Secret, and Azure Government Top Secret environments. Additionally, Palantir will integrate Azure OpenAI Service for language models within these classified settings, pending authorization and accreditation from relevant government agencies.
Palantir’s CTO, Shyam Sankar, emphasized that this partnership marks a significant shift in supporting defense and intelligence communities. He noted that Palantir AIP is at the forefront of operationalizing AI across enterprises, not just in chat applications. This alliance aims to provide a strategic software advantage, with Palantir becoming the first industrial partner to use Microsoft Azure OpenAI Service in classified environments.
Deb Cupp, President of Microsoft Americas, highlighted that this collaboration will expedite the secure and responsible implementation of advanced AI capabilities for the U.S. government. By combining Palantir’s expertise in delivering actionable information with Microsoft’s government and classified cloud capabilities, along with Azure OpenAI’s robust models, the partnership aims to drive AI innovation for national security missions.
Through this expanded collaboration, Palantir and Microsoft will offer the defense and intelligence community enhanced security experiences and boot camps. These will focus on testing new services and ensuring that technologies are deployed effectively and safely in critical areas.
