Palantir stock in focus: Pentagon’s Anthropic ban forces Maven AI rewrite
Palantir Technologies Inc is being forced to overhaul its Maven Smart Systems, which serves the Pentagon, after U.S. defense officials ordered contractors to sever commercial deals with AI lab Anthropic, according to two sources. Maven’s workflows currently run on Claude, Anthropic’s AI model, and Palantir is now required to replace it, one person said. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has made it clear: “effective immediately” contractors are prohibited from “conduct[ing] any commercial activity” with Anthropic. CEO Alex Karp didn’t mince words, warning that companies who “screw the military” could face “the nationalization of our technology.” https://www.reuters.com/technology/palantir-faces-challenge-remove-anthropic-pentagons-ai-software-2026-03-04/
