Alex Karp, CEO of Palantir, talking on CNBC’s Squawk Field on Nov. 4th, 2025.
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Executives of synthetic intelligence startup Percepta AI, who have been sued final 12 months by Palantir for allegedly stealing confidential info and making an attempt to poach prime expertise, referred to as the claims an try and “stifle competitors.”
“In reality, Palantir is seeking to scare others away from leaving and to destroy Percepta earlier than it might develop additional,” legal professionals for the defendants wrote in a submitting this week, asking a decide to disclaim Palantir’s request.
The defendants additionally declare that post-employment agreements are “facially overbroad and unenforceable” and say Palantir’s interpretation is supposed to “stifle competitors.”
The lawsuit, initially filed by Palantir in October within the Southern District of New York, accused Percepta co-founder and CEO Hirsh Jain and co-founder Radha Jain of utilizing stolen info to create a “copycat” enterprise. Palantir additionally claimed the founders, who used to work for the information analytics firm, tried to poach expertise and “plunder Palantir’s invaluable mental property.”
Palantir accused a 3rd Percepta worker, Joanna Cohen, of sending herself confidential paperwork after resigning and photographing delicate info she downloaded to her private cellphone.
Percepta in December denied utilizing any of Palantir’s confidential info and referred to as the case “baseless.”
Attorneys stated in Monday’s submitting that in-depth searches didn’t discover any Palantir supplies and argued that the screenshots taken by Cohen have been accomplished in “good religion” to assist her full duties. They stated the supplies “can be ineffective to Percepta and are by now stale regardless.”
Palantir declined to remark.
