# Palantir FedStart **Entity class:** Accredited government software-enablement program **Architecture:** [[wiki/Signals, Silos, and Sovereign Software|Signals, Silos, and Sovereign Software]] ## Definition **Palantir FedStart** enables software companies to run products inside Palantir's secure, already-accredited environment and pursue government customers without independently constructing the full hosting, security, compliance, and authorization stack. ## Modern Defense and Cybersecurity Role FedStart is a privatized infrastructure for market entry. It lets smaller technology suppliers inherit an operational and accreditation substrate built for federal missions, shortening the path from commercial product to government deployment. ## Chronological Proximity Palantir highlighted FedStart in 2023 as a program built on [[wiki/Palantir Mission Manager|Mission Manager]] capabilities. ## Relational Proximity Mission Manager supplies the mission environment; [[wiki/Palantir Apollo|Apollo]] operates software across it; participating firms provide specialized applications to government customers through the shared accredited foundation. ## Collection Routes [[collections/The Civilian Intelligence Marketplace|The Civilian Intelligence Marketplace]] · [[collections/Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and the Intelligence Environment|Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and the Intelligence Environment]] ## Sources / Provenance - [Primary documentation](https://investors.palantir.com/files/Palantir%20Q4%202023%20Business%20Update.pdf)