Its clients range from the Stellantis automobile group to American intelligence services such as the FBI. The former boss of Airbus sells software that makes the exploitation of data extremely simple but denies monitoring his customers.
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Fabrice Brégier, formerly head of Airbus, is now head of Palantir France, specializing in analysis and data science (big data). In 2016, he chose the American company as part of the ramp-up of the A350, then developed a partnership with Palantir which “connects it to all airlines” creating an ecosystem unique in the world, according to Fabrice Brégier, which allows to go towards “predictive maintenance”.
The president of Palantir France affirms it, the software marketed by the company does not keep the data used, it is the customer who has the hand.We are anti GAFA. We do not collect the data, we do not analyze it and above all we do not monetize it”, assures Fabrice Brégier.
Palantir has as clients the American and French intelligence services, FBI and DGSI but denies favoring generalized surveillance.
“We refuse to work in countries far from democratic concepts that guarantee the freedom of people and property.”
Fabrice Brégier, President of Palantir Francefranceinfo
Not only does the use of algorithms as a decision-making tool not constitute a democratic danger according to Fabrice Brégier, but should be extended to other fields. And the boss of Palantir France develops: “We talk a lot about ecological planning. But we could have on a single platform the data of all the major transporters, energy producers, regions, to make a platform for anticipating what France should be like in ten years, even twenty years, enthuses the manager. The technologies exist. And of course they are American. But I have 150 very high-level French engineers in my team who ensure the transmission of this knowledge on the French side”.