Palantir Technologies said it will deploy its AI Platform (AIP) on Microsoft Azure for U.S. government agencies and use Azure OpenAI service.

The Palantir-Microsoft partnership follows an arrangement with Oracle to target government customers.

Under the Palantir and Microsoft partnership, the two companies will offer an integrated suite that combines Microsoft LLMs with Palantir AIP within Azure's government and classified cloud environments.

Palantir will deploy its Foundry, Gotham, Apollo and AI offerings within Microsoft Azure Government and Azure Government Secret and Top Secret clouds. Palantir will also be an early adopter of Azure OpenAI Service in Microsoft's Secret and Top Secret environments.

According to the companies the combined offering will be able to build out AIP use cases across the defense and intelligence industries. Shyam Sankar, CTO of Palantir, said the company is the first industry partner to deploy Microsoft Azure OpenAI Service in classified environments.

The companies also said that Palantir and Microsoft will team up on AIP bootcamps for defense and intelligence. AIP bootcamps have been able to raise Palantir's profile in the enterprise and quickly lead to contracts.