Palantir sues engineers who left to form 'copycat' Percepta AI

(Reuters) -Palantir Technologies on Thursday sued two of its former senior engineers, accusing them of using the software company’s secret information to launch a “copycat” firm, Percepta AI. The lawsuit in Manhattan federal court claims that Radha Jain and Joanna Cohen were “entrusted with Palantir’s crown jewels,” including its source code and customer information, and breached agreements they signed with the company to safeguard that information. Palantir said that just like its own AI-powered software, Percepta’s products are designed to make businesses and government agencies more efficient using data they already possess.