Europe risks falling behind the United States in artificial intelligence just as it did during the rise of the internet, Palantir’s executive vice president for the U. And Europe, Louis Mosley, said in an interview published Oct. He argued that American companies turned the internet into a foundation for the digital economy while Europe produced few comparable technology leaders, with ASML a rare exception.
Mosley said European companies are approaching AI cautiously, treating its novelty as a reason to wait rather than deploy it. He described Palantir as a public-market indicator of AI adoption because its software connects organizational data with large language models and AI agents across government and industry. The company says its systems can operate with different models, allowing customers to use models from multiple providers or adapt open systems to their own data.
Palantir’s recent results illustrate the contrast Mosley highlighted.
The company’s European expansion is complicated by its work in defense, policing and health care. Parliamentary committee, Mosley said Palantir supports the Ministry of Defence and NHS, described its software as a way to organize data and deploy AI, and said NHS system access and monitoring are handled within the U. Palantir has also faced criticism over contracts connected to U.S. Immigration enforcement and Israel’s military, issues Mosley said have intensified political opposition to the company.
Mosley argued that those disputes can obscure practical questions about public services. He said AI could reduce administrative work for nurses and police even as it disrupts some jobs, and questioned whether patients should wait longer for care because of a technology supplier’s unrelated overseas contracts. He identified political leaders’ failure to explain the technology’s potential benefits as the biggest risk to wider adoption.
The dispute leaves Europe facing a choice between faster deployment and continued caution, while Palantir seeks to expand beyond its current customer base among large, complex organizations.