Goblin House
This platform tracks individuals, companies, government contractors, and financial instruments connected to the Palantir Technologies ecosystem, Israeli defense technology networks, and associated government contractor networks across the period 1998–2024.
The core investigative question: who benefits from Palantir's government contracts, and what financial and political relationships underpin those benefits? All data is drawn from sources accessible to any member of the public under freedom of information law or open-data mandates.
"The architecture of secrecy depends on the assumption that no one is looking. We are looking." — from the primary investigation document.
Every fact and connection in this system is assigned a confidence tier reflecting the quality and verifiability of its underlying source.
In the connection graph, primary relationships are shown as solid lines, inferential as dashed. In entity fact lists, each fact's confidence level is displayed alongside its source URL.
The following sources are ingested automatically via public APIs on a nightly schedule. No proprietary databases are used. All data is available free of charge to any member of the public.
| Source | Data Type | Coverage | API |
|---|---|---|---|
| USASpending.gov | Federal contract awards, grants, loans | All US federal agencies · 2000–present | api.usaspending.gov (no key required) |
| SEC EDGAR | 10-K/10-Q/8-K filings, ownership disclosures (Form 4/SC 13G), proxy statements | All public companies · 1993–present | efts.sec.gov (no key required) |
| FEC (Federal Election Commission) | Individual and PAC campaign contributions · committee receipts | US federal elections · 2002–present | api.open.fec.gov |
| ProPublica / Senate LDA | Federal lobbying disclosures · registrant and client data | All registered lobbyists · 1999–present | lda.senate.gov |
| UK Companies House | Company registrations, officer appointments, filings, persons of significant control | All UK-registered companies · 1844–present | Companies House API |
The platform includes an AI research agent powered by Claude (Anthropic). The agent's role is strictly limited to:
The agent operates within hard cost limits ($25/day) and rate limits (8 API calls/minute). All AI-generated content is clearly labelled. The agent does not have access to non-public data sources and cannot send external communications.
Inferential findings are always presented as hypotheses for further investigation, not as established facts. Every finding includes the evidence chain from which it was derived.
When the system ingests new contract or financial data, it automatically extracts entity names mentioned in those records (contractors, awardees, investors, officers). These names are normalised and fuzzy-matched against the existing entity database.
If a new entity name is found that doesn't exist in the database and appears to be a significant company or individual (based on contract value or relationship depth), it is automatically added to the tracking database and queued for public data ingestion. This allows the network to grow organically as new connections are discovered.
All auto-discovered entities are flagged with their discovery method and source, allowing researchers to review and verify the relevance of newly added entities.
Public API data is re-ingested nightly at 00:30 UTC. Each entity's data freshness is tracked and displayed on the research dashboard. The nightly ingestion schedule ensures that new government contracts, SEC filings, and campaign finance disclosures are captured within 24 hours of their public release.
Source counts distinguish between Primary sources with direct government URLs and AI-generated sources produced by the research agent — giving a clear picture of how much of each entity's profile is grounded in primary records.
If you believe a fact in this database is incorrect, or if you are a subject of this investigation who wishes to provide additional context or correction, please refer to the contact information in the primary investigation document.
We maintain a corrections log and will update any confirmed errors within 48 hours. Corrections are noted in the entity's fact record with the date and nature of the correction.