The French domestic intelligence agency DGSI has decided to terminate its contract with the US tech firm Palantir in favour of a French rival, ChapsVision, Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu said on Tuesday.
The move reflects growing wariness by European governments about dependency on US tech platforms, and particularly on Palantir Technologies’ suite of products. Founded by billionaire Peter Thiel with backing from the CIA, Palantir sells military-grade AI data integration tools to governments and businesses, including Israel.
“We must use our own AI models; we cannot accept new strategic dependencies in the digital sphere,” Lecornu said in a video posted on X. “We cannot rely on tools developed by foreign powers. France must have its own tools.”
Palantir and ChapsVision did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
US President Donald Trump’s unpredictability on the global stage has led European allies to question whether decades of US support in areas including security and technology can still be taken for granted.
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Palantir has been among the US tech firms most affected, although last week Anthropic said it would “abruptly disable” its most advanced AI models for all users after the US government ordered it to exclude foreign nationals from access, citing national security concerns.
