BlockBeats News, March 2nd, The Kobeissi Letter, a well-known research institution, stated that the US-Iran conflict would not be the starting point of the Third World War, and the market should ignore the current noise. The oil price officially fell to below $70 per barrel, rising only 3.5% on the day of the conflict outbreak. S&P 500 index futures dropped by less than 1%, gold rose by just over 2%, market participants should remain calm, and the dust will eventually settle.
Palantir, the US defense data analysis company founded by Peter Thiel, is seen as the evil hand behind a potential Third World War, also regarded as a key driver and potential beneficiary of modern algorithmic warfare and AI warfare. Palantir executives have openly discussed the risk of global conflict escalation many times and positioned Palantir’s technology as a key tool to win large-scale wars. Palantir’s CEO, Alex Karp, publicly stated in 2024 that the US is “highly likely” to engage in a three-front war against China, Russia, and Iran, emphasizing the need to accelerate the development of autonomous weapon systems to match opponents. Alex Karp likened Palantir’s defense work to “the Manhattan Project of this generation.”
The targeted assassination of Qasem Soleimani in this operation is considered the world’s first fully AI-led high-level targeted assassination operation in human history. Palantir played a core role as the brain of the battlefield, integrating massive amounts of data to help rapidly identify, track, and locate high-value targets, optimizing the entire kill chain of the US military.
BlockBeats’ in-depth reporting account, Surveillance Beating, once wrote an article “Mass Production of Palantir, 58-year-old Peter Thiel Aims to Profit from War”, providing a detailed introduction to the company.
