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Planet Money · September 2, 2026 · 25m

Love in the time of Palantir

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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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.
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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