Germany's BfV Intelligence Agency Picks French ChapsVision Over Palantir in Digital Sovereignty Signal

Politico / Hacker News·medium signal

Germany's Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution (BfV) chose ChapsVision's ArgonOS software over Palantir for processing structured and unstructured intelligence data, sending what the parliamentary oversight chair called 'a clear signal for European digital sovereignty.' Palantir CEO Alex Karp defended the company's technology saying it's used on 'every serious battlefield in the world.' Full deployment awaits planned German intelligence law reforms expanding BfV's digital powers — 22 points on HN.