By Mathieu Rosemain
PARIS (Reuters) - An alternative to tools provided by U.S. data analytics company Palantir to prevent terrorists attacks would likely take about two years to develop in France, the boss of defence company Thales said on Friday.
California-based Palantir, which specializes in crunching and analysing large quantities of data, was hired by French intelligence services in the wake of the November 2015 militant attacks that killed 130 people in Paris.
The initial three-year contract with Palantir, whose clients range from the CIA to global banks, was renewed last year.
But the DGSI domestic intelligence agency said the contract was renewed because there was no home-grown alternative, while President Emmanuel Macron has called for European digital sovereignty in the face of the dominance of China and the United States in the ...
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