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title: "Palantir Technologies: AI company profile, people and coverage"
description: "Palantir Technologies Inc. is an American publicly traded company that develops data integration and analytics software."
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type: Organization
wikidata: Q2047336
wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palantir
website: https://www.palantir.com/
source: AI News Monitor
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# Palantir Technologies

> Palantir Technologies Inc. is an American publicly traded company that develops data integration and analytics software.

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## Facts

- Category: Security and defense, Data and infrastructure
- Country: United States
- Founded: 2003-01-01
- Headquarters: Miami
- Status: public
- Website: https://www.palantir.com/
- Employees: 4,429 (as of 2025-01-01)
- Also known as: Palantir, PLTR, Palantir Technologies Inc.
- Industries: computer and network surveillance, open-source intelligence, mass surveillance, data analytics software industry

## Accounts

- x: https://x.com/PalantirTech
- linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/palantir-technologies
- github: https://github.com/palantir
- youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwed6_f0WcDIioXvMQfcP2Q
- facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Palantir

## Key people

- Nathan Gettings, founder (co-founder of Palantir)
- Joe Lonsdale, founder (American entrepreneur and venture capitalist)
- Peter Thiel, founder (German-American entrepreneur and venture capitalist (born 1967))
- Stephen Cohen, founder (American computer scientist and entrepreneur)
- Alexander C. Karp, founder (businessman, author)
- Alexander C. Karp, chief executive (businessman, author)
- Peter Thiel, board member (German-American entrepreneur and venture capitalist (born 1967)), since 2003-01-01
- Stephen Cohen, board member (American computer scientist and entrepreneur), since 2005-01-01
- Alexander C. Karp, board member (businessman, author), since 2003-01-01
- Avril Haines (7th Director of National Intelligence)
- Tom Watson (British politician (born 1967))
- Kellie Gerardi (American media professional)
- Garry Tan (Venture capitalist)
- Trae Stephens (American arms dealer)

## Funding rounds

From Form D notices filed with the SEC. An amount sold is what the filing reports at the time of filing, not a valuation.

- 2020-07-02: Form D, USD 549.7 million sold of a USD 961.1 million offering, 58 investors ([filing](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1321655/000132165520000001/))
- 2016-11-23: Form D, USD 20 million sold of a USD 20 million offering, 1 investor ([filing](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1321655/000132165516000005/))
- 2015-12-23: Form D/A, USD 879.8 million sold of a USD 879.8 million offering, 8 investors ([filing](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1321655/000132165515000004/))
- 2015-12-09: Form D/A, USD 679.8 million sold of a USD 679.8 million offering, 7 investors ([filing](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1321655/000132165515000003/))
- 2015-10-21: Form D/A, USD 554.8 million sold of a USD 554.8 million offering, 6 investors ([filing](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1321655/000132165515000002/))
- 2015-07-23: Form D, USD 450 million sold of a USD 500 million offering, 2 investors ([filing](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1321655/000132165515000001/))
- 2014-12-11: Form D, USD 50 million sold, 3 investors ([filing](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1321655/000132165514000005/))
- 2014-09-12: Form D/A, USD 444.2 million sold, 53 investors ([filing](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1321655/000132165514000003/))
- 2014-02-14: Form D/A, USD 279.1 million sold, 31 investors ([filing](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1321655/000132165514000002/))
- 2014-02-14: Form D/A, USD 111.3 million sold, 29 investors ([filing](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1321655/000132165514000001/))
- 2013-12-24: Form D/A, USD 177.5 million sold, 11 investors ([filing](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1321655/000132165513000005/))
- 2013-12-10: Form D/A, USD 107.5 million sold, 3 investors ([filing](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1321655/000132165513000004/))
- 2013-12-05: Form D, USD 57.5 million sold, 1 investor ([filing](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1321655/000132165513000003/))
- 2013-09-27: Form D, USD 196.5 million sold, 15 investors ([filing](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1321655/000132165513000002/))
- 2012-05-16: Form D, USD 56.1 million sold, 2 investors ([filing](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1321655/000132165512000002/))
- 2011-09-07: Form D, USD 68 million sold, 2 investors ([filing](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1321655/000132165511000003/))
- 2011-05-05: Form D, USD 50 million sold, 6 investors ([filing](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1321655/000132165511000002/))
- 2010-07-07: Form D/A, USD 90.1 million sold of a USD 90.1 million offering, 74 investors ([filing](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1321655/000132165510000001/))
- 2009-12-23: Form D, amount not stated of a USD 1.2 million offering, 1 investor ([filing](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1321655/000132165509000005/))
- 2009-11-30: Form D, USD 35 million sold, 35 investors ([filing](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1321655/000132165509000004/))
- 2009-04-14: Form D, USD 8.3 million sold of a USD 20 million offering, 7 investors ([filing](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1321655/000132165509000003/))

## Investors

- [Founders Fund](https://monitor.paciva.ai/company-founders-fund.md)
- [In-Q-Tel](https://monitor.paciva.ai/company-in-q-tel.md)

## Revenue

- undated: USD 595.4 million (SEC filing)
- undated: USD 742.6 million (SEC filing)
- undated: USD 1.1 billion (SEC filing)
- undated: USD 1.5 billion (SEC filing)
- undated: USD 1.9 billion (SEC filing)
- undated: USD 2.2 billion (SEC filing)
- undated: USD 2.9 billion (SEC filing)
- undated: USD 4.5 billion (SEC filing)
- 2018-01-01: USD 595.4 million (Wikidata)
- 2019-01-01: USD 742.6 million (Wikidata)
- 2020-01-01: USD 1.1 billion (Wikidata)
- 2021-01-01: USD 1.5 billion (Wikidata)
- 2022-01-01: USD 1.9 billion (Wikidata)
- 2023-01-01: USD 2.2 billion (Wikidata)
- 2024-01-01: USD 2.9 billion (Wikidata)

## Ownership

Subsidiaries: [Palantir Technologies France](https://monitor.paciva.ai/company-palantir-technologies-france.md)

## Coverage on the Monitor

Every article, podcast, video and market the Monitor holds on Palantir Technologies, dated and linked to its publisher: https://monitor.paciva.ai/company-palantir-technologies#connections

## Sources

- Facts: Wikidata (CC0 1.0), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2047336, read 2026-11-11
- Summary: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palantir
- Filings: SEC EDGAR, https://www.sec.gov/cgi-bin/browse-edgar?action=getcompany&CIK=0001321655

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