Palantir, Surf Air Mobility to accelerate commercialization of SurfOS

Palantir Technologies is expanding its partnership with Surf Air Mobility Inc.

Palantir and Surf Air Mobility are committing additional resources to accelerate the development and commercial release of SurfOS, including OperatorOS, OwnerOS, and SurfOS Enterprise Solutions products.

Last week, Wheels Up became the first enterprise customer of BrokerOS.

Palantir’s AIP and Foundry power SurfOS.

It is designed to bring modern software to the private aviation and air mobility industries.

Private aviation has historically relied on manual processes and fragmented software systems.

Per the announcement:

‘The expanded partnership builds on the successful commercial launch of BrokerOS and the recent announcement of a multi-million-dollar contract with Wheels Up, a leading provider of on-demand private aviation, to be the launch customer for Enterprise BrokerOS.’

Surf Air claims “SurfOS provides aircraft operators, brokers, owners, and manufacturers with the tools needed to manage operations, drive efficiencies, and reduce costs.”

Agreement Overview

The agreement calls for:

• Dedicated resources to accelerate the commercial expansion of OperatorOS, OwnerOS, and SurfOS Enterprise Solutions from Palantir and Surf Air Mobility
• Focused go-to-market support leveraging Palantir’s expertise in highly fragmented industries
• Expedited development of product and feature development timelines, including the deployment of AIP agents across the SurfOS products
• Support establishing SurfOS as the central operating system for the next generation of private aviation and air mobility.

Palantir’s Commercial Head Ted Mabrey said, “With Foundry and AIP powering SurfOS, we see a clear opportunity to build and define the central operating system for the future of aviation and air mobility, and our expanded commitment reflects our conviction in Surf Air Mobility and the opportunity ahead.”

Surf Air Co-founder Liam Fayed added, “The expansion of our partnership with Palantir will enable us to deploy and expand SurfOS more rapidly into the end markets.”

He noted, “BrokerOS showed what our companies can bring to market together, and the additional technical and commercial support from Palantir will help us accelerate that success across the rest of our SurfOS products.”

Earlier this month, Surf Air said it was offering travel agents access to its broker program.