Chris Spyrou

It's used by ICE.

It's also used by Coles.

And now there's a push to get it out of Australia.

Stick around.

That deep dive is coming up for you next.

There's a company operating inside our national security agencies, our banks and even supermarkets that most Australians aren't fully aware of.

It was born in the shadow of September 11, funded by the CIA, built by billionaire Peter Till, and he's the same man who co-founded PayPal and helped bankroll Donald Trump to the White House.

I'm talking about Palantir Technologies, the US data giant that gives its clients the tools to take every scrap of information it holds and stitch it into one big searchable intelligence picture.

And that can include everything from staff rosters, supply chain logs and inventory levels to our personal purchases, our private phone records and even our exact movements.

For companies like Coles and Westpac, they say it's about driving efficiency through smarter and secure logistics, while for government agencies like Defence and the AFP, they say it's about connecting the dots for national security.

But digital rights advocates have been sounding the alarm for years about just how embedded Palantir has become in Australian life, and now those calls are getting louder.

And that's after Palantir's CEO posted a 22-point manifesto

that a UK MP has described as the ramblings of a supervillain.

It's a manifesto that's also caught the attention of the Greens' spokesperson for Defence and Home Affairs, Senator David Shoebridge.

He describes Palantir as a multinational threat and is calling on our government to freeze every new contract with the company immediately.

He joins me now, Senator Shoebridge.

Welcome back to the briefing.

Now, Palantir was born out of the post 9-11 intelligence boom as a tool for hunting terrorists.

How have we seen it evolve over the last two decades?

I want to unpack that a little bit more.