Palantir's Crown Jewel in Asia
How Gotham and Foundry are being used in Japan
Palantir and SOMPO announced a $50M expansion agreement on February 1st, further enlarging an already strong relationship between the 2 companies and providing Foundry access to the more than 10,000 salespeople within SOMPO. This is great, not only because it brings more value to the partnership and more revenue to Palantir, but because it signifies a working behavior, a modus operandi, that is adherent to Palantir and their clients.
Because SOMPO not only has access to Foundry for 1 department or piece of their business, in DataBase I’m counting at least 5 different businesses in their holdings company that have separate access to unique Foundry platforms. That includes departments that operate in the mobility and in the life insurance businesses, to name a few.
SOMPO is only an example of a silent but intense presence in Japan, because we could say the same about Fujitsu. And not only in business, but Palantir also has a notable presence inside the Japanese government, more than what we publicly know from them.
For example, last July I reported the existence of new Japanese Foundry Gov links, the system Palantir designed for governments to manage large sets of public data in the events of a crisis (like covid cases tracking and refugees management) but without the defense capabilities and power of Gotham.
In the case of Japan, these links were Kanagawa and Kamenozoki, and with the help of Racchi, now missing, we were able to come up with a meaning behind the names.
After those 2 links, 2 more appeared since then, meaning the Japanese government and its federal entities are extending their use of Foundry Gov.
Of course, Japan is not using it for refugee management, and one can assume the country is primarily using Foundry to track and try to prevent covid cases, since the activation of the last link was roughly when Japan was at the cusp of deaths because of the virus.
Now, what about Gotham? Do we have any evidence Japan is using it? I have some clues, and they are interesting.
As DataBase users can see, Japan has a decent amount of links, and this is only growing. Some are more interesting than others, but one codename I’d like to highlight is Impulse Blue.
What is Impulse Blue? It’s the name of the aerobatic demonstration team of the Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF). And it’s not just a codename from anywhere in the planet, it’s also based in Japan. So we have evidence it’s a Japanese link with clear connection to the Japanese Air Force.
Now, I think it’s not limited to aerobatics, but the name Impulse Blue may serve as codename to a larger effort from the Japanese government. For example for their Air Defense efforts in regards to the territorial disputes they have with the Chinese and the Russians. That’s not only me speculating, but Racchi figured out some codenames are related to this issue I’ve just mentioned, specifically some northern islands they are trying to defend from Russia.
Just remember when, back in June, Alex Karp met with the former Japanese PM, Shinzo Abe, and other government officials to discuss Palantir and their work in the country. Palantir is not only appreciated, but needed by the Japanese government.
So, in conclusion, I think Japan will be in the news in the foreseeable future when talking about Foundry and other Palantir national security solutions like Gotham.
Japan needs the West and the West needs Japan, and what better way of helping defend each other than using Palantir. Japan is the crown jewel of Palantir in Asia, and they need to keep that relationship strong, as they are doing.
Very good! 👍🏻