Palantir signs a three-year, £75M deal with the UK’s defense ministry, providing software to prompt real-time military actions and predict potential results (Jeffrey Dastin/Reuters)

Ashley Capoot / CNBC:
Palantir Q3: revenue of $478M, up 22% YoY, vs. $470M est., US commercial customer count increased 124% YoY and US commercial revenue up 53% YoY; stock down 12%+  —  – Shares of Palantir fell Monday after the company released third-quarter earnings before the bell that missed analyst estimates for earnings but beat on revenue.

Jeffrey Dastin / Reuters:
In a first, Amazon plans to give $150M through 2023 to 10+ outside VC funds to invest in underrepresented startup founders at or before the seed stage  —  Amazon.com Inc (AMZN.O) is investing in outside venture capital funds for the first time, saying on Wednesday it planned to hand $150 million …

Olivia Solon / Bloomberg:
Internal Palantir documents detail a plan to deepen its ties to the UK’s NHS by buying up smaller rivals, helping avoid scrutiny and increase health data  —  Palantir Technologies had a secret plan to deepen its relationship with the UK’s National Health Service without public scrutiny.

Chris Bryant / Bloomberg:
Analysis: Palantir, which invested $450M since 2021 in early-stage companies via SPACs, has lost ~$333M, or 75% of its portfolio, offset against some revenue  —  Palantir Technologies Inc.’s raison d’etre is identifying patterns hidden within mountains of data.

Debby Wu / Bloomberg:
Taiwan pledges to work closely with the US and other allies to implement “very firm” export controls and prevent China’s military from acquiring advanced chips  —  Taiwan pledged to work closely with the US and other allies to prevent China’s military from acquiring state-of-the-art technology …

Michael Sheetz / CNBC:
SpaceX announces Starshield, expanding Starlink for military and government applications, initially focusing on imagery, communications, and “hosted payloads”  —  – Elon Musk’s SpaceX is expanding its Starlink satellite technology into military applications with a new business line called Starshield.