Palantir, one of America's most influential defence technology firms, has triggered fierce debate after publicly backing compulsory national service and urging the United States to reconsider its volunteer-only military model.
The company, best known for supplying software to the Pentagon, intelligence agencies and law enforcement, published a 22-point statement drawn from chief executive Alex Karp's book The Technological Republic. Among its most contentious claims was a call for universal duty in wartime.
