Ex-Palantir AI Workers Blocked From Poaching, Using Secrets

Palantir Technologies Inc. won an order blocking three former employees from trying to poach its staff and using confidential information for an artificial intelligence startup.

US District Judge J. Paul Oetken ruled last month that Percepta AI’s Chief Executive Officer, Hirsh Jain, and Radha Jain, a co-founder and engineer with the firm, likely violated promises they wouldn’t try to hire workers away from their former employer. Oetken also found that a junior software engineer they hired away from Palantir, Joanna Cohen, likely violated the company’s confidentiality.

When the judge issued the 41-page opinion in February he sealed it while the ...