Bloomberg reports that officials directly involved in an internal Pentagon investigation found that Peter Thiel’s Palantir Maven Smart System played a significant role in the February 28 U.S. strike on the Shajareh Tayyebeh Elementary School in Minab, Iran.
September 20, 2026 at 2:56 PM
Bloomberg reports that officials directly involved in an internal Pentagon investigation found that Peter Thiel’s Palantir Maven Smart System played a significant role in the February 28 U.S. strike on the Shajareh Tayyebeh Elementary School in Minab, Iran.
Worth note: at the time of this atrocity Anthropic was the LLM powering the Maven Smart System in partnership with Palantir.
Don't let Dario's bullshit fool you. There is no "good" frontier AI company.
Don't let Dario's bullshit fool you. There is no "good" frontier AI company.
If you can stomach it, here's a detailed reported story from @dropsitenews.com on the schoolchildren that the US bombed in Iran.
However angry you are, it's not angry enough.
However angry you are, it's not angry enough.
Massacre at Minab: The School That Became a Grave
The bombing of an Iranian school, killing 120 children, is one of the worst U.S. war crimes since Vietnam. Drop Site spoke to survivors, first responders, parents, and witnesses. This is their story.
www.dropsitenews.com
October 1, 2026 at 8:00 PM
Worth note: at the time of this atrocity Anthropic was the LLM powering the Maven Smart System in partnership with Palantir.
Don't let Dario's bullshit fool you. There is no "good" frontier AI company.
Don't let Dario's bullshit fool you. There is no "good" frontier AI company.
(1/3) Of note, a Palantir connection:
“Inside Centcom, which conducted the US attack, some personnel relied too much on the artificial intelligence embedded in Maven Smart System, the officials said. Maven,
“Inside Centcom, which conducted the US attack, some personnel relied too much on the artificial intelligence embedded in Maven Smart System, the officials said. Maven,
September 21, 2026 at 3:30 PM
(1/3) Of note, a Palantir connection:
“Inside Centcom, which conducted the US attack, some personnel relied too much on the artificial intelligence embedded in Maven Smart System, the officials said. Maven,
“Inside Centcom, which conducted the US attack, some personnel relied too much on the artificial intelligence embedded in Maven Smart System, the officials said. Maven,
"Sources told Bloomberg that the 'kill chain' that led to the attack included input from the Maven AI system operated by Palantir. Maven did not flag that the site was now a school, the report claimed, nor did any personnel tasked with reviewing the AI target data."
⚡️NEW from @dropsitenews.com: Massacre at Minab: The School That Became a Grave
The bombing of an Iranian school, killing 120 children, is one of the worst US war crimes since Vietnam. Drop...
Story by @jeremyscahill.com, @mazmhussain.bsky.social & Reza Sayah
www.dropsitenews.com/p/minab-scho...
The bombing of an Iranian school, killing 120 children, is one of the worst US war crimes since Vietnam. Drop...
Story by @jeremyscahill.com, @mazmhussain.bsky.social & Reza Sayah
www.dropsitenews.com/p/minab-scho...
September 30, 2026 at 11:54 PM
"Sources told Bloomberg that the 'kill chain' that led to the attack included input from the Maven AI system operated by Palantir. Maven did not flag that the site was now a school, the report claimed, nor did any personnel tasked with reviewing the AI target data."
Neither Claude nor any other LLMs detects targets, processes radar, fuses sensor data, or pairs weapons to targets.
Its Maven. And Maven= Palantir
artificialbureaucracy.substack.com/p/kill-chain
Its Maven. And Maven= Palantir
artificialbureaucracy.substack.com/p/kill-chain
Kill Chain
On the automated bureaucratic machinery that killed 175 children
artificialbureaucracy.substack.com
March 24, 2026 at 12:35 PM
Neither Claude nor any other LLMs detects targets, processes radar, fuses sensor data, or pairs weapons to targets.
Its Maven. And Maven= Palantir
artificialbureaucracy.substack.com/p/kill-chain
Its Maven. And Maven= Palantir
artificialbureaucracy.substack.com/p/kill-chain
"In past conflicts, preparing lists of proposed targets — work that includes assessing how they align with an operation’s objectives — had taken hours for staffers to complete. Ahead of the US attack on Iran, much of that work was condensed into several minutes via Maven," a Palantir AI system.
HUGE EXCLUSIVE from @bloomberg.com
Inside the US ‘Kill Chain’ That Destroyed an Iranian School
Pentagon investigators discovered that flawed intel, outdated imagery & overreliance on AI contributed to a missile strike that killed 123 children in Minab
🎁 www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
Inside the US ‘Kill Chain’ That Destroyed an Iranian School
Pentagon investigators discovered that flawed intel, outdated imagery & overreliance on AI contributed to a missile strike that killed 123 children in Minab
🎁 www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
Inside the US ‘Kill Chain’ That Destroyed an Iranian School
Pentagon investigators have discovered that flawed intelligence, outdated imagery and an overreliance on AI contributed to a missile strike that killed 123 children in Minab.
www.bloomberg.com
September 18, 2026 at 10:04 PM
"In past conflicts, preparing lists of proposed targets — work that includes assessing how they align with an operation’s objectives — had taken hours for staffers to complete. Ahead of the US attack on Iran, much of that work was condensed into several minutes via Maven," a Palantir AI system.
"Als am 28. Februar unbeabsichtigt eine Grundschule in Minab zerstört und mindestens 123 Kinder getötet wurden, verließ man sich blind auf Maven, ein KI-gestütztes System von #Palantir."
www.derstandard.de/story/300000...
www.derstandard.de/story/300000...
USA und Russland streichen Ethik und menschliche Kontrolle aus UN‑Entwurf zu KI-Waffen
Bei Verhandlungen in Genf reisten beide Parteien mit einer Übermacht an Anwälten an
www.derstandard.de
September 28, 2026 at 1:54 PM
"Als am 28. Februar unbeabsichtigt eine Grundschule in Minab zerstört und mindestens 123 Kinder getötet wurden, verließ man sich blind auf Maven, ein KI-gestütztes System von #Palantir."
www.derstandard.de/story/300000...
www.derstandard.de/story/300000...
It is kind of funny that palantir has an out here of "yeah man maven doesn't actually do that, this is on DoD" but has backed themselves into a corner where the lie is essential to their business so their least bad option is to claim a CIVCAS event their software wasn't actually responsible for
September 26, 2026 at 10:30 PM
It is kind of funny that palantir has an out here of "yeah man maven doesn't actually do that, this is on DoD" but has backed themselves into a corner where the lie is essential to their business so their least bad option is to claim a CIVCAS event their software wasn't actually responsible for
Cherchez l'intrus.
July 2, 2026 at 7:49 PM
Cherchez l'intrus.
At the end of the day, what Palantir calls "Maven" is a frankenstack that barely works; the parts of it that do anything remotely useful are owned by Anthropic or Google, the rest is just locally cloned open source GitHub repos from the Apache foundation.
But that will cost you $30M a year.
But that will cost you $30M a year.
June 19, 2026 at 8:12 PM
At the end of the day, what Palantir calls "Maven" is a frankenstack that barely works; the parts of it that do anything remotely useful are owned by Anthropic or Google, the rest is just locally cloned open source GitHub repos from the Apache foundation.
But that will cost you $30M a year.
But that will cost you $30M a year.
the US did this. these are precision munitions, someone had to explicitly program in the coordinates of the school. and they likely did so at the direction of Maven Smart System, by Palantir.
The Iranian girls’ school was hit by a US tomahawk cruise missile. NPR has confirmed the footage.
Video appears to show U.S. cruise missile striking Iranian school compound
The seven-second video was released by Iranian state media and directly contradicts statements made by President Trump, who said Iran was responsible for the strike.
www.npr.org
March 9, 2026 at 11:07 PM
the US did this. these are precision munitions, someone had to explicitly program in the coordinates of the school. and they likely did so at the direction of Maven Smart System, by Palantir.
Die Nato will die „Maven“-Software von Palantir implementieren, die Bundeswehr soll nachziehen.
Datenschützer warnen vor einer Abhängigkeit von den USA im Sicherheitsbereich.
Datenschützer warnen vor einer Abhängigkeit von den USA im Sicherheitsbereich.
December 15, 2025 at 7:49 AM
Die Nato will die „Maven“-Software von Palantir implementieren, die Bundeswehr soll nachziehen.
Datenschützer warnen vor einer Abhängigkeit von den USA im Sicherheitsbereich.
Datenschützer warnen vor einer Abhängigkeit von den USA im Sicherheitsbereich.
Apresentação do Maven Smart System, da Palantir, pelo Chefe de IA do Departamento de Guerra dos EUA. Leva um tempo para a gente se dar conta que, sim, se trata de um sistema de automatização de mortes, com fluxos de trabalho tal qual um Trello macabro 🤨
March 15, 2026 at 12:27 AM
Apresentação do Maven Smart System, da Palantir, pelo Chefe de IA do Departamento de Guerra dos EUA. Leva um tempo para a gente se dar conta que, sim, se trata de um sistema de automatização de mortes, com fluxos de trabalho tal qual um Trello macabro 🤨
"Inside Centcom, which conducted the US attack, some personnel relied too much on the artificial intelligence embedded in Maven Smart System, the officials said. Maven, which is made by Palantir..."
Inside the US ‘Kill Chain’ That Destroyed an Iranian School
www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
Inside the US ‘Kill Chain’ That Destroyed an Iranian School
www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
Inside the US ‘Kill Chain’ That Destroyed an Iranian School
Pentagon investigators have discovered that flawed intelligence, outdated imagery and an overreliance on AI contributed to a missile strike that killed 123 children in Minab.
www.bloomberg.com
September 18, 2026 at 9:58 PM
"Inside Centcom, which conducted the US attack, some personnel relied too much on the artificial intelligence embedded in Maven Smart System, the officials said. Maven, which is made by Palantir..."
Inside the US ‘Kill Chain’ That Destroyed an Iranian School
www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
Inside the US ‘Kill Chain’ That Destroyed an Iranian School
www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
Palantir receives another defense contract. This time it's to provide the Marine Corps with their Maven Smart System and its AI kill chain technology.
defensescoop.com/2025/09/10/p...
defensescoop.com/2025/09/10/p...
Marine Corps reaches deal with Palantir for Maven Smart System
The Marine Corps is acquiring a new enterprise license from Palantir for the AI-powered Maven Smart System.
defensescoop.com
September 11, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Palantir receives another defense contract. This time it's to provide the Marine Corps with their Maven Smart System and its AI kill chain technology.
defensescoop.com/2025/09/10/p...
defensescoop.com/2025/09/10/p...
Nach dem tödlichen Luftangriff auf eine iranische Schule gerät Palantirs Maven in die Kritik. #Künstliche Intelligenz
Mutmaßlicher US-Angriff auf Schule in Iran: Palantir-System rückt in den Fokus
Nach dem tödlichen Luftangriff auf eine iranische Schule gerät Palantirs Maven in die Kritik.
www.heise.de
March 30, 2026 at 6:57 AM
Nach dem tödlichen Luftangriff auf eine iranische Schule gerät Palantirs Maven in die Kritik. #Künstliche Intelligenz
Seneste: Palantir har holdt presentasjon for Forsvaret. De vil ikke si om hva, men kanskje Maven? Mareritt-teknologi
(+) Palantir har presentert krigsteknologi for Forsvaret
Hverken Forsvaret eller Palantir vil svare på om de er i forhandlinger om innkjøp av det amerikanske selskapets systemer.
www.morgenbladet.no
January 22, 2026 at 6:52 AM
Seneste: Palantir har holdt presentasjon for Forsvaret. De vil ikke si om hva, men kanskje Maven? Mareritt-teknologi
Bloomberg reporter Katrina Manson's book "Project Maven" details the Pentagon's embrace of artificial intelligence and the companies supplying the underlying technology, including a New York startup that "used to do a wedding blog" before it "switched to doing weapons of war."
The AI War on Iran: Project Maven, a Secretive Palantir-Run System, Helps Pentagon Pick Bomb Targets
The Trump administration says the United States has struck 11,000 targets in Iran since the U.S.-Israeli war on the country began. Critics have questioned the accuracy of the Maven system, the artific...
www.democracynow.org
April 5, 2026 at 9:36 PM
Bloomberg reporter Katrina Manson's book "Project Maven" details the Pentagon's embrace of artificial intelligence and the companies supplying the underlying technology, including a New York startup that "used to do a wedding blog" before it "switched to doing weapons of war."
Palantir has demonstrated its Maven Smart System, which uses artificial intelligence to analyze intelligence data and help plan military operations.
March 15, 2026 at 6:06 PM
Palantir has demonstrated its Maven Smart System, which uses artificial intelligence to analyze intelligence data and help plan military operations.
"Es verdichten sich Hinweise, dass die Zielerfassung auf „Maven Smart Systems“ basierte, einer von Palantir weiterentwickelten militärischen Plattform zur Analyse von Aufklärungsdaten."
www.heise.de/news/Mutmass...
www.heise.de/news/Mutmass...
Mutmaßlicher US-Angriff auf Schule in Iran: Palantir-System rückt in den Fokus
Nach dem tödlichen Luftangriff auf eine iranische Schule gerät Palantirs Maven in die Kritik.
www.heise.de
March 31, 2026 at 6:17 PM
"Es verdichten sich Hinweise, dass die Zielerfassung auf „Maven Smart Systems“ basierte, einer von Palantir weiterentwickelten militärischen Plattform zur Analyse von Aufklärungsdaten."
www.heise.de/news/Mutmass...
www.heise.de/news/Mutmass...
Paul Graham likened Palantir's ICE work to "infrastructure of the police state"; a Palantir exec said Paul's view is like Google's when it killed Project Maven (Anthony Ha/TechCrunch)
Main Link | Techmeme Permalink
Main Link | Techmeme Permalink
April 21, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Paul Graham likened Palantir's ICE work to "infrastructure of the police state"; a Palantir exec said Paul's view is like Google's when it killed Project Maven (Anthony Ha/TechCrunch)
Main Link | Techmeme Permalink
Main Link | Techmeme Permalink
This is your regular reminder that Palantir is complicit in war crimes.
"...both the Israeli and U.S. militaries are using Palantir’s Maven to conduct operations. Maven is a battlefield intelligence platform." www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
"...both the Israeli and U.S. militaries are using Palantir’s Maven to conduct operations. Maven is a battlefield intelligence platform." www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Iranian school was on U.S. target list, may have been mistaken as military site
The strike on an Iranian elementary school killed at least 175, many of them children, raising questions as to whether the military’s use of AI-enabled targeting was a factor.
www.washingtonpost.com
March 12, 2026 at 12:43 AM
This is your regular reminder that Palantir is complicit in war crimes.
"...both the Israeli and U.S. militaries are using Palantir’s Maven to conduct operations. Maven is a battlefield intelligence platform." www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
"...both the Israeli and U.S. militaries are using Palantir’s Maven to conduct operations. Maven is a battlefield intelligence platform." www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Tout le monde parle de Claude en Iran. Mais le système qui a ciblé l'école de Minab s'appelle Maven, abandonné par Google sous pression de ses salariés, et récupéré par Palantir.
L'IA parachève ici une obsession militaire vieille d'un siècle : tuer plus vite, avec moins d'humains dans la boucle.
L'IA parachève ici une obsession militaire vieille d'un siècle : tuer plus vite, avec moins d'humains dans la boucle.
March 23, 2026 at 9:13 AM
Tout le monde parle de Claude en Iran. Mais le système qui a ciblé l'école de Minab s'appelle Maven, abandonné par Google sous pression de ses salariés, et récupéré par Palantir.
L'IA parachève ici une obsession militaire vieille d'un siècle : tuer plus vite, avec moins d'humains dans la boucle.
L'IA parachève ici une obsession militaire vieille d'un siècle : tuer plus vite, avec moins d'humains dans la boucle.
These are current contracts between Palantir and US Gov
April 19, 2026 at 3:19 PM
These are current contracts between Palantir and US Gov