# AI Operating System
**Entity class:** Concept
**Research spine:** [[research/Chronology of Signals, Silos, and Sovereign Software - Research|Chronology of Signals, Silos, and Sovereign Software]]
## Definition
AI operating system is Palantir's description of AIP as an execution environment that joins models, governed data, tools, permissions, workflows, and human decisions.
## Chronological Proximity
The term gained prominence with AIP in 2023 as language models moved from chat interfaces into operational software.
## Relational Proximity
[[wiki/Artificial Intelligence Platform|AIP]] is the concrete system; the [[wiki/Palantir Ontology|Ontology]] supplies the structured world model and authorization boundaries.
## Collection Routes
[[collections/The Civilian Intelligence Marketplace|The Civilian Intelligence Marketplace]] · [[collections/Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and the Intelligence Environment|Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and the Intelligence Environment]] · [[wiki/Signals, Silos, and Sovereign Software|Signals, Silos, and Sovereign Software]]
## Sources / Provenance
- [[research/Chronology of Signals, Silos, and Sovereign Software - Research|Chronology of Signals, Silos, and Sovereign Software - Research]].