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Shyam Sankar

Shyam Sankar is the CTO of the tech company Palantir, and recently joined the U.S. Army.

I’m the CTO of Palantir. Today I Join the Army.

My father grew up in a mud hut in India. America gave him—and me—a life. Now technologists like me need to give back.

June 13, 2025

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