Madeline Hart is a deployment strategist and defense acquisition historian at Palantir. She works on next-generation defense and space products and started Palantir’s First Breakfast publication. Prior to Palantir, she was the head of business development at Synapse, an AI security and defense startup now acquired by Palantir. Hart is a fellow with the Roots of Progress Institute. She graduated from Harvard University cum laude with a bachelor’s degree in economics. She lives in New York City with her husband and son.