"We are a very different company to Palantir,” says “discreet” French replacement

The managing director of the little-known French startup thrown into the spotlight when it was chosen by France’s domestic intelligence services to replace controversial US data analytics giant Palantir doesn’t like the company being called the “European Palantir”.

Silvano Sansoni, managing director of the 2019-founded ChapsVision, says: “We are a very different company. I wouldn’t match ChapsVision as a European Palantir.

“For advertising it is a good comparison, but we are really a different company. We have different values. We work on a different philosophy.”

Palantir ditched

The surprise move to ditch Palantir was announced by France in June this year.