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Huang: Tech companies suing regulators is more common than conventional wisdom suggests

Matt Huang · Creating prediction markets (and suing the CFTC) with Tarek Mansour and Luana Lopes Lara · Mar 17, 2026 · at 12:02

Paradigm co-founder Matt Huang discusses tech startups pursuing litigation against government regulators with Kalshi co-founders Luana Lopes Lara and Tarek Mansour.

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“Coinbase has sued their primary regulator and GovTech, SpaceX, Andrew Palantir all had to sue for various reasons. So it seems like it's actually more common than Silicon Valley conventional wisdom.”

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The claim, plainly

Coinbase has sued its primary regulator (the SEC), and SpaceX, Anduril, and Palantir have each filed lawsuits against the US government or federal agencies.

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Assessment

The claim bundles four factual assertions regarding corporate litigation against the U.S. government or its agencies. Three of the four assertions are substantiated by public court records, but the assertion regarding Anduril is not. Specifically: (1) Coinbase sued the SEC in the Third Circuit in 2023 seeking rulemaking review and also engaged in FOIA litigation; (2) SpaceX filed multiple federal lawsuits against the U.S. government and federal agencies, including a 2014 bid protest against the U.S. Air Force in the Court of Federal Claims, a 2023 suit against the DOJ, and a 2024 suit against the NLRB; and (4) Palantir successfully sued the U.S. Army in 2016 in the Court of Federal Claims under FASA. However, (3) while Anduril has filed administrative bid protests before the Government Accountability Office (such as in 2021 and 2026), public court records show no civil lawsuits filed by Anduril Industries against the U.S. government or federal agencies.

Coinbase filed a petition for a writ of mandamus (In re Coinbase, Inc., No. 23-1779) in April 2023 and petitioned for review of the SEC's rulemaking denial in December 2023.
SpaceX filed a bid protest complaint against the United States/U.S. Air Force in the Court of Federal Claims in April 2014, as well as lawsuits against the DOJ (2023) and NLRB (2024).
Palantir filed a bid protest lawsuit against the U.S. Army in the Court of Federal Claims in June 2016 (Palantir USG, Inc. v. United States), winning an injunction affirmed by the Federal Circuit in 2018.
Public court records show no civil lawsuits filed by Anduril Industries against the U.S. government or federal agencies, only administrative bid protests before the GAO.

Checked against

[1] findlaw.com [2] theblock.co [3] justia.com [4] dwt.com [5] americanbanker.com [6] spacepolicyonline.com [7] universetoday.com [8] defensenews.com

SpaceX sued US government federal agency lawsuit "SpaceX" sued "Air Force" 2014 "United States" "Coinbase" sued "SEC" "rulemaking petition" OR "mandamus" Coinbase sued SEC lawsuit Anduril lawsuit against US government federal agency "Anduril" "sued" OR "lawsuit" "Department of Defense" OR "Air Force" OR "Army" OR "United States" "Palantir" sued "Army" OR "United States" "Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act"

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