Banned by the Pentagon
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In today's newsletter:
- Banned by the Pentagon. Still running at Palantir.
- After spending billions, Meta may borrow Google’s AI
- Musk fires AI founders, says xAI was built wrong
- Therapy startup worth $3B because America is stressed out
- One more thing: The engineer who walked out with 14,000 files and cost Uber $245 million
Banned by the Pentagon. Still Running at Palantir.
Palantir Technologies CEO Alex Karp said on March 11, 2026, at Palantir’s AIPCon event in Maryland, that Palantir still uses AI models from Anthropic.
He said Palantir products are already integrated with Anthropic’s Claude AI models.
Palantir software is used by the U.S. military and intelligence agencies.
The Pentagon labeled Anthropic a supply-chain risk in February 2026 and plans to remove the technology, but Karp said the transition is not finished yet.
After Spending Billions, Meta May Borrow Google’s AI
Meta Platforms, led by CEO Mark Zuckerberg, delayed its new AI model Avocado after tests showed it lagged behind systems from OpenAI and Anthropic.
The model was expected in early 2026 but is now pushed to at least May while engineers work to improve its reasoning and coding abilities.
Because of the delay, Meta is reportedly considering licensing AI technology from rival Google, including its Gemini system.
The idea surprised analysts because Meta has already spent billions building its own AI models, including the Llama family.
Musk Fires AI Founders, Says xAI Was Built Wrong
Elon Musk has pushed out more co-founders from his AI startup xAI after becoming unhappy with progress on AI coding tools.
Co-founders Guodong Zhang and Zihang Dai were pushed out of the company. Zhang had been leading xAI’s coding and image-generation projects before being removed from those roles.
The exits are part of a shake-up at xAI as Musk pushes the company to move faster and compete with AI coding systems from OpenAI and Anthropic.
Musk says the company was not built correctly at the start and is now rebuilding the team and hiring new engineers.
Therapy Startup Worth $3B Because America Is Stressed Out
Grow Therapy reached a $3 billion valuation after raising $150 million in a funding round led by TCV and Goldman Sachs Alternatives.
Other investors in the round included Menlo Ventures, BCI, Sequoia Capital, SignalFire, and Transformation Capital.
Founded in 2020 in New York, Grow Therapy connects patients with therapists and psychiatrists who accept insurance and provides software for scheduling, billing, and telehealth.
The company says it supports millions of patients and therapy visits and generates over $1 billion in annual revenue.
The Engineer Who Walked Out With 14,000 Files and Cost Uber $245 Million.
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