Palantir Says Top AI Engineers Stole Secrets for ‘Copycat’ (1)

Palantir Technologies Inc. sued two former senior artificial intelligence engineers, claiming they stole documents and information to help launch a “copycat” competitor, Percepta.

Palantir filed a lawsuit Thursday against Radha Jain and Joanna Cohen in Manhattan federal court. Both women were entrusted with Palantir’s “crown jewels,” including its source code, in which the company has invested billions of dollars, according to the suit.

“Jain and Cohen were far from rank-and-file employees,” Palantir said in its complaint. “Jain designed and built Palantir’s flagship software, and Cohen interacted directly with some of Palantir’s largest and most important customers.”

According to Palantir, ...