Palantir's Shyam Sankar Backs Trump's Executive Orders To Prioritize Commercial Tech In Federal Contracts: 'The Default Is Commercial, And This Time It Has Teeth

About Palantir's Shyam Sankar Backs Trump's Executive Orders To Prioritize Commercial Tech In Federal Contracts: 'The Default Is Commercial, And This Time It Has Teeth

President Donald Trump’s recent executive orders seek to overhaul government procurement by favoring commercial technology over custom-built solutions. According to an article on X, Palantir CTO Shyam Sankar said the changes could save billions and create more opportunities for innovative companies. The orders aim to eliminate regulatory barriers that have blocked innovative commercial companies from securing government contracts, which Sankar calls a “regulatory labyrinth.”

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43 sec

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2025