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# Shyam Sankar

Chief Technology Officer, Palantir (as of 2026-10-11; source: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/shyam-sankar-chief-technology-officer-palantir-face-the-nation-transcript-10-11-2026/).

CTO of Palantir, maker of the Pentagon's Maven targeting platform; on Oct 11, 2026 he publicly disputed Bloomberg's account of the Minab school strike and said Claude had already been replaced in Maven.

## Role changes

- 2026-10-11: Described by CBS as Palantir's CTO and a lieutenant colonel in the Army Reserve's Executive Innovation Corps, working on Army human resourcing (G-1). Source: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/shyam-sankar-chief-technology-officer-palantir-face-the-nation-transcript-10-11-2026/

## In the news (1 event, newest first)

- 2026-10-11: [Palantir CTO Shyam Sankar on CBS](https://postcutoff.com/e/2026-10-11-palantir-sankar-face-the-nation-minab-ea/), Policy & safety. He said the Pentagon's halt of Anthropic products had "no operational impact" because Claude has "already been replaced".

## Videos (3)

- 2026-10-11: [Face the Nation: Barrasso, Pappas, Sankar](https://postcutoff.com/v/face-the-nation-barrasso-pappas-sankar-2026-10-11/), Face the Nation, YouTube, interview, 24,172 views as of 12 October 2026.
- 2026-10-11: [Full interview: Palantir CTO Shyam Sankar](https://postcutoff.com/v/face-the-nation-sankar-full-interview/), Face the Nation, YouTube, interview, 18,075 views as of 12 October 2026.
- 2026-10-11: [Palantir's Shyam Sankar suggests "human error," not AI, is cause of Iran school bombing](https://postcutoff.com/v/face-the-nation-sankar-human-error-iran-school/), Face the Nation, YouTube, interview, 7,973 views as of 12 October 2026.

Profile checked 2026-10-12.