Chipotle Is Working With Palantir to Track Food Safety Risks
Chipotle Is Working With Palantir to Track Food Safety Risks
Chipotle 正与 Palantir 合作追踪食品安全风险
Fast-casual burrito chain Chipotle is working with the data infrastructure giant Palantir. 快餐连锁品牌 Chipotle 正在与数据基础设施巨头 Palantir 展开合作。
The company is working on a “food safety risk platform” hosted on Palantir’s flagship software platform Foundry, according to screenshots viewed by WIRED. The platform appears to analyze factors like a store’s health department scores, pest incidents, and employee illnesses to assign a food safety score—basically, the store’s risk level. 根据《连线》（WIRED）看到的截图显示，该公司正在开发一个托管在 Palantir 旗舰软件平台 Foundry 上的“食品安全风险平台”。该平台似乎通过分析门店卫生部门评分、虫害事件以及员工患病情况等因素，来评估食品安全得分，即门店的风险等级。
It’s not known exactly when the partnership started or how widely the platform has been deployed, but it comes amid a particularly disastrous period for food safety. The US Food and Drug Administration identified more than 12,800 illnesses tied to foodborne outbreaks so far this year, most from a massive cyclospora outbreak connected to iceberg lettuce. 目前尚不清楚该合作的具体开始时间或平台的部署范围，但此次合作正值食品安全形势严峻的时期。美国食品药品监督管理局（FDA）指出，今年迄今为止，已确认有超过 12,800 例与食源性疾病爆发相关的病例，其中大部分源于与冰山生菜有关的大规模圆孢子虫（cyclospora）疫情。
Chipotle was not directly impacted by the turbo diarrhea outbreak or the related recall, since it doesn’t serve iceberg lettuce. In July, however, it proactively stopped serving jalapeños from a particular supplier that was linked to a salmonella outbreak that went on to sicken more than 430 people. Chipotle 并未直接受到此次腹泻疫情或相关召回事件的影响，因为它不供应冰山生菜。然而，在今年 7 月，该公司主动停止供应来自某特定供应商的墨西哥辣椒，该供应商与一起导致超过 430 人患病的沙门氏菌疫情有关。
“Chipotle is piloting a new Food Safety Risk Management Platform designed to provide a more consistent and centralized view of food safety risk across our restaurants,” said Laurie Schalow, Chipotle’s chief corporate affairs and food safety officer, in a statement. “The platform brings key information together in one place, enabling our teams to more effectively identify trends, prioritize follow-up, and make proactive, data-informed decisions.” Palantir did not respond to a request for comment. Chipotle 首席企业事务与食品安全官 Laurie Schalow 在一份声明中表示：“Chipotle 正在试行一个新的食品安全风险管理平台，旨在为我们所有餐厅提供更一致、更集中的食品安全风险视图。该平台将关键信息汇集于一处，使我们的团队能够更有效地识别趋势、确定后续工作的优先级，并做出主动的、基于数据的决策。”Palantir 未回应置评请求。
Palantir has substantial offerings aimed at food-and-beverage companies, with contracts with poultry and beef supplier Tyson, cereal giant General Mills, and the independent purchasing co-op for the fast-food chain Wendy’s. Companies can use Foundry to manage inventory, automate ordering and delivery, and track their supply chains. At Wendy’s, for example, Palantir’s software is used to spot potential ingredient shortages before they occur. Palantir 为食品和饮料公司提供了大量服务，其客户包括禽肉供应商泰森（Tyson）、谷物巨头通用磨坊（General Mills）以及快餐连锁品牌 Wendy’s 的独立采购合作社。企业可以使用 Foundry 来管理库存、自动化订购与配送，并追踪供应链。以 Wendy’s 为例，Palantir 的软件被用于在潜在的原材料短缺发生前进行预警。
Palantir’s work with corporate America now accounts for nearly half of its US business. In August, the company reported US commercial revenue reached $764 million in the most recent quarter, a 149 percent year-over-year increase. Palantir 与美国企业的合作目前已占其美国业务的近一半。8 月，该公司报告称其最近一个季度的美国商业收入达到 7.64 亿美元，同比增长 149%。
The company has also done significant work with government entities focused on supply chains and food safety, including a $22 million contract with the FDA in 2022. 该公司还与专注于供应链和食品安全的政府机构开展了大量合作，包括 2022 年与 FDA 签署的一份价值 2,200 万美元的合同。
But Palantir remains best known for its other government contracts, including its work with Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the Department of Homeland Security. Last year, ICE awarded Palantir a $30 million contract to build a surveillance platform that provided visibility on people self-deporting. 但 Palantir 最广为人知的仍是其其他的政府合同，包括与美国移民及海关执法局（ICE）和国土安全部的合作。去年，ICE 授予 Palantir 一份价值 3,000 万美元的合同，用于构建一个监控平台，以追踪自愿离境人员的情况。
Palantir’s work with ICE has the potential to be particularly controversial in the restaurant industry, where immigrants make up roughly a fifth of the workforce. In 2010 and 2011, Chipotle fired hundreds of workers who were ineligible to work in the US, following an ICE audit. Palantir 与 ICE 的合作在餐饮业中极具争议，因为移民约占该行业劳动力的五分之一。2010 年和 2011 年，在 ICE 进行审计后，Chipotle 解雇了数百名在美国没有合法工作资格的员工。
In 2025, Chipotle CEO Scott Boatwright said it would be “naive” to believe that Chipotle employees would not be impacted by the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown, “whether that’s directly or psychologically.” 2025 年，Chipotle 首席执行官 Scott Boatwright 表示，如果认为 Chipotle 的员工不会受到特朗普政府移民打击政策的影响，那是“天真”的想法，“无论是直接影响还是心理影响”。
“I think it’s a really important moment for us to connect with all individuals in our organization, as a mental check-in, to say, hey, how are you doing, how are you feeling, is there anything we can do to help or support?” Boatright told NBC News at the time. Boatright 当时告诉 NBC 新闻：“我认为现在是我们与组织内所有成员建立联系的关键时刻，进行一次心理关怀，问问大家：嘿，你还好吗？感觉如何？有什么我们可以提供帮助或支持的吗？”
Update 9/16/26 3:43 pm ET: This story has been updated with comment from Chipotle. 更新（美东时间 2026 年 9 月 16 日下午 3:43）：本文已更新，加入了 Chipotle 的评论。