Palantir Says Rival CEO Tried to ‘Pillage’ Its Developers (1)

The co-founder of what Palantir Technologies Inc.calls a copycat competitor allegedly said in a text message that he was “down to pillage the best devs at palantir” for his startup AI firm, just weeks after leaving the company.

Palantir released the text message in court documents as it added Hirsh Jain, the co-founder and chief executive officer of Percepta, to a suit filed in October against two other former Palantir executives, alleging he is “inexorably intertwined” with their illegal conduct.

Palantir had originally alleged that Radha Jain and Joanna Cohen illegally stolen its “crown jewels,” including its source ...