Trump billionaire tech ally Peter Thiel sells ‘smart’ AI ‘war fighting’ system to NATO while talking up U.S. trade war with China

Trump billionaire tech ally Peter Thiel sells ‘smart’ AI ‘war fighting’ system to NATO while talking up U.S. trade war with China

Stock in Thiel’s company, Palantir, soars Monday on news of major new business deal with NATO President Trump’s push to recalibrate the U.S.-China trade relationship has the full endorsement of Silicon Valley billionaire and mega-technocrat Peter Thiel. Thiel, one of the infamous “PayPal mafia,” and a major financier of Trump-Vance, recently told American Optimist host Joe Lonsdale that “something like the sort of reset that they’re talking abou…

The Maven Smart System (MSS NATO): a technological revolution for NATO In March 2025, NATO announced the acquisition of the Maven Smart System NATO (MSS NATO), developed by Palantir Technologies, which was designed to modernize the Alliance's military capabilities.