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Planet Money · September 2, 2026 · 25m

Love in the time of Palantir

Show Notes

Planet Money investigates what Palantir actually knows about people by attending a Manhattan singles event that uses the company's data for matchmaking. The episode explores how Palantir's data aggregation and pattern-matching capabilities work in practice, using the dating event as a window into the broader question of what the surveillance technology company collects and how it processes personal information.

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Highlights

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Palantir's data capabilities enter consumer dating
A Manhattan singles event used Palantir's data and pattern-matching technology to match attendees, applying enterprise surveillance tools to personal matchmaking.
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What Palantir knows about individuals remains opaque
The episode frames Palantir as a black box: outsiders don't know what data the company collects on individuals or how it uses that data.
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Live dating event becomes a test of Palantir's matchmaking capabilities
Planet Money attended the Palantir-powered dating event to see whether the data-driven matching actually produced good romantic outcomes.
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Editorial

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Data's utility is limited by the purpose it is applied to
The show explores whether data that identifies patterns for intelligence purposes actually works when applied to the messy, unpredictable domain of romantic attraction.
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