Palantir loves the smell of DOGE budget cuts in the morning
Palantir, the controversial US surveillance and analytics firm, says it welcomes scrutiny of government spending by the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), the controversial cost-cutting agency led by Elon Musk.
Speaking to investors this week, Shyam Sankar, Palantir chief technology officer, said that DOGE was the “right thing for the country.” DOGE was established by an executive order in January and charged with cutting government spending to help reduce public debt, which reached a record high of $36.2 trillion in January 2025.
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