Overview
- The French government announced that the DGSI will shift from U.S. firm Palantir to a French supplier, ChapsVision, as part of a broader push for digital sovereignty.
- Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu said the move comes with a €655 million public investment to develop domestic AI capabilities and shared state tools.
- Palantir has said its contract with the DGSI remains "fully in force," while French officials said Palantir software will keep running until ChapsVision systems are integrated to avoid capability gaps.
- ChapsVision previously won a 2024 DGSI contract to process mixed data types and now aims to expand into mass data exploitation historically handled by Palantir.
- The decision follows U.S. limits on Anthropic's Fable model and growing European concern about reliance on a few U.S. vendors, and the timetable and handover terms remain unclear for watchdogs and operators.