Microsoft Corporation and Palantir Technologies have teamed to deliver artificial intelligence (AI), cloud, and analytics solutions for the US Defense and Intelligence Community.
The project will combine large language models operated under Microsoft Azure OpenAI Service with Palantir’s AI Platforms suite for government and classified cloud environments.
The integrated suite will be deployed throughout the community’s existing Azure Government, Azure Government Secret Impact Level 6, and Top Secret clouds.
Cloud computing and language models under the initiative will be applied for use case-building capabilities to enable safe and efficient AI-based operations in logistics, contracting, action planning, and other deployments.
The consortium noted that services provided by the agreement are subject to completion of authorization and accreditation by covered government agencies.
“This expanded partnership between Microsoft and Palantir will help accelerate the safe, secure, and responsible deployment of advanced AI capabilities for the US government,” Microsoft Americas President Deb Cupp stated.
“Palantir, a leader in delivering actionable insights to government, will now leverage the power of Microsoft’s government and classified clouds and robust Azure OpenAI models to further develop AI innovations for national security missions.”
Palantir Chief Technology Officer Shyam Sankar added that the consortium’s support “is a step change” to enhance the performance of the US government’s defense and intelligence teams.
“Palantir AIP has pioneered the approach to operationalizing AI value – beyond chat — across the enterprise,” Sankar said. “It’s our mission to deliver this software advantage and we’re thrilled to be the first industry partner to deploy Microsoft Azure OpenAI Service in classified environments.”
