Billionaires, Inc. — Book III: Palantir and the Government Data Machine examines how a powerful private technology company became deeply connected to American intelligence, defense, immigration enforcement, and federal data systems.
The authors trace Palantir’s development from a company supported by the CIA’s venture-capital arm into a major federal contractor. The book investigates its government agreements, work with Immigration and Customs Enforcement, ImmigrationOS platform, Army contracts, sole-source awards, and expanding role in combining sensitive information from multiple government databases.
Using public records and documented evidence, the book distinguishes verified facts from allegations and political interpretation. It examines the civil-liberties, privacy, competition, transparency, and oversight concerns that arise when private technology companies gain extensive access to government information and operations.
Book III asks an urgent democratic question: When private corporations build and control the systems that allow the government to collect, connect, and act upon enormous quantities of personal information, who protects the public from misuse, inadequate oversight, and unchecked institutional power?