Palantir
AI and data software · United States
Palantir sells software platforms (Gotham, Foundry, AIP and Apollo) that let governments and large companies connect their data, models and operations, mostly on multi-year contracts.
What makes it different
Its three founders control almost half of all votes.
~50%Founders' voting powerApr 6, 2026
Special Class F shares top up the founders' votes to 49.999999%, although they own only a few percent of the shares.
How big it is
How big is Palantir?
$4.5BRevenueFY2025
954CustomersFY2025
4,429Full-time employeesFY2025
How it makes money FY2025
Governments first, companies close behind.
- Government54%$2.4B
- Commercial46%$2.1B
How the business works
Pilot free. Embed the Ontology. Expand.
- 1Bootcamps at own cost
- 2Ontology runs operations
- 3Multi-year platform contracts
Palantir funds pilots itself and earns as customers spread its software across the organisation: the top 20 average $93.9M a year.
Who owns it
- Founders (Alexander Karp, Stephen Cohen, Peter Thiel)49.999999%
- BlackRock, Inc.6.9%
CEO: Alexander Karp
Who it competes with
Key moments
- 2003Palantir is founded
- 2008First platform, Palantir Gotham, released
- 2016Second platform, Palantir Foundry, released
- 2020Direct listing on the NYSE
- 2023First quarter of GAAP profit
Sources
Every number on this page comes from Palantir's own reports.
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What Palantir tracks21 metrics
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Dollar-weighted average contract duration
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Profit
Margin
Where the money comes from3 regions
United States
United Kingdom
Rest of world
The full timeline21 moments
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