Gotham / Maven Smart System

Operational
Palantir Technologies
Palantir Technologies
Gotham / Maven Smart System

Overview

Palantir's defense and intelligence operating system, released in 2008, fuses satellite imagery, signals, and intelligence sources so analysts and commanders can find targets and run operations. Its AI evolution, the Maven Smart System, compresses sensor-to-shooter timelines from hours to minutes and is used across US combatant commands, the Army, Marine Corps, and NATO.

Deployed across US combatant commands and NATO; Maven Smart System became a formal Pentagon program of record in late August 2026, ahead of the FY2026 (Sept 30) deadline

Key Specs

Maven active users / builders

20,000+ users across 35+ military tools (May 2025); 25,000+ active builders and on track for ~$1B annualized revenue run rate per William Blair (Aug 2026)

Maven contract ceiling

~$1.3B through 2029; Pentagon FY2027 budget separately requests $2.3B over five years for Maven and the related Joint Fires Network