Palantir is still using Anthropic's cloud amid a Pentagon blacklist

CEO Corp Says Palantir Still Using Anthropics Cloud As Pentagon Controversy Plays Out

Palantir The artificial intelligence startup’s conflict with the Pentagon is still using Anthropics Cloud, CEO Alex Karp told CNBC on Thursday.

“The War Department is planning to phase out Anthropic; currently, it’s not phased out,” Corp told CNBC’s Seema Modi at Palantir’s AIPcon 9 in Maryland. “Our products are integrated with Anthropic and in the future, it will probably be integrated with other large language models.”

The Department of Defense officially designated Anthropic as a supply-chain risk last week, but it is still using cloud models to support the war in Iran, as CNBC previously reported.

Anthropic sued the Trump administration on Monday to reverse the supply chain risk designation and is seeking a stay on the DOD action.

This is the first time Palantir has commented since the Pentagon’s designation. Partnered with Anthropic and Palantir Amazon Web services to support DOD in 2024.

Other defense technology companies have told employees to stop using the cloud, including conflict play Lockheed Martin.

Defense Department Chief Technology Officer Emil Michel told CNBC on Thursday that it will take time for the government to transition from anthropogenic models.

“You can’t dismantle a deeply embedded system overnight,” Michael told CNBC’s “Squawk Box.”

In late February, President Donald Trump lashed out at Anthropic in a post on TruthSocial, calling its staff “sneaky nut jobs.” In the post, Trump said federal agencies will have six months to phase out the company’s products.

An internal Pentagon memo sent by Chief Information Officer Kirsten Davis last week stated that the use of anthropogenic equipment could continue beyond the six-month period if deemed critical to national security.

A memo to senior leadership, reported Tuesday by CBS News, said exemptions would be considered for “mission-critical activities” in rare cases where “no viable alternative exists.”

“If we’re in a conflict six months from now and we have a sensitive operation that needs to continue, obviously, we’re going to make exceptions so we don’t jeopardize current operations,” Michael said Thursday. “But if not, a six-month plan.”