# Palantir-Microsoft Classified Cloud Partnership **Entity class:** Classified cloud and AI partnership **Architecture:** [[wiki/Signals, Silos, and Sovereign Software|Signals, Silos, and Sovereign Software]] ## Definition The **Palantir–Microsoft Classified Cloud Partnership** is the 2024 integration of Microsoft's government and classified Azure environments and Azure OpenAI models with Palantir Foundry, Gotham, Apollo, and AIP. ## Modern Defense and Cybersecurity Role The partnership joins two privatized layers of national intelligence infrastructure: Microsoft supplies accredited compute, identity, cloud services, and frontier models; Palantir supplies data integration, ontology, mission applications, deployment, and operational AI. ## Chronological Proximity Announced on August 8, 2024, the partnership followed Azure Government Secret's IL6 authorization and AIP's 2023 launch. ## Relational Proximity The suite is intended for [[wiki/Azure Government|Azure Government]], [[wiki/Azure Government Secret|Secret]], and [[wiki/Azure Government Top Secret|Top Secret]] environments, subject to government authorization and accreditation. ## 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 - [Palantir and Microsoft, classified-network partnership announcement](https://investors.palantir.com/news-details/2024/Palantir-and-Microsoft-Partner-to-Deliver-Enhanced-Analytics-and-AI-Services-to-Classified-Networks-for-Critical-National-Security-Operations/)