France Replaces Palantir AI Tools with Domestic ChapsVision Software

The French General Directorate for Internal Security (DGSI) is replacing data-analysis software from the U.S.-based Palantir Technologies Inc. with a French alternative from ChapsVision. Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu announced the transition on June 16, 2026, as part of President Emmanuel Macron's digital sovereignty initiative to avoid strategic dependencies on foreign powers.

Lecornu cited recent U.S. government restrictions on non-American access to Anthropic's Fable AI model as a primary catalyst for the shift. To support this move toward independence, the French government pledged a 655 million euro investment to develop domestic artificial intelligence, including state-wide chatbots and infrastructure using models from Mistral AI.

This decision comes despite the DGSI having renewed a three-year contract with Palantir in December 2025. While the French government is committed to the switch, Palantir asserts that its contract remains in force until 2028. The move follows a similar pattern in Germany, where the domestic intelligence agency BfV also chose ChapsVision over Palantir, and in the United Kingdom, where lawmakers have called for the National Health Service to terminate its Palantir contract.

European officials have attributed the growing pivot to mistrust of Palantir CEO Alex Karp's ties to the Donald Trump administration and his advocacy for American military supremacy.