Co-founder, Palantir · Founder, 8VC
Est. net worth: ~$3.4B (public estimate, 2026)
A Palantir co-founder who launched the venture firm 8VC, an Anduril backer. A prominent right-leaning donor and institution-builder in tech and politics.
Palantir's case-management systems have been central to ICE operations targeting people for arrest and removal. Amnesty International warned the work risks contributing to human-rights violations.
Palantir quietly ran predictive-policing programs feeding person and location data into risk scores criticized for automating and entrenching racial bias.
Palantir took a contract to build ICE a system for near-real-time tracking to accelerate deportations — the most explicit surveillance-for-removal product yet.
Anduril's autonomous towers use AI to detect and track people crossing the border, extending persistent surveillance over migrants and nearby communities.