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Palantir Company Overview

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Palantir

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Data & AI · Denver, USA · Est. 2003
AIAnalyticsDataGovernmentDefense↗ Website
$240B
Valuation
$3.75B
Revenue
4k+
Employees
2003
Founded

Palantir Technologies is a data analytics and AI platform company that builds software for government intelligence agencies and large enterprises to integrate, analyze, and operationalize complex data. Founded in 2003, it operates two primary platforms — Gotham for defense and intelligence and Foundry for commercial enterprises — with its AI Platform (AIP) now at the center of its growth strategy.

Recent Press
5 items
Press Release·2026-02-03
Palantir Reports Q4 2025 Revenue of $828M, Up 36% Year-Over-Year
Palantir posted record Q4 2025 revenue of $828 million with US commercial revenue growing 64% year-over-year, driven by AIP adoption across enterprise customers.
Press Release·2026-01-28
Palantir Wins $619M US Army Contract for AI-Powered Intelligence Systems
Palantir secured a $619 million contract with the US Army to expand deployment of its Maven Smart System AI platform for battlefield intelligence and targeting applications.
Product Launch·2025-12-04
Palantir Launches Chain Reaction to Build American AI Infrastructure with CenterPoint Energy and NVIDIA
Palantir unveiled Chain Reaction, an operating system for American AI infrastructure, with founding partners CenterPoint Energy and NVIDIA, designed to accelerate AI buildout by connecting energy producers, data centers, and infrastructure builders.
Press Release·2025-11-04
Palantir AIP Bootcamps Drive Record Enterprise Pipeline with 560+ Customer Engagements
Palantir reported that its AIP Bootcamp program — intensive hands-on AI deployment workshops — generated over 560 new enterprise customer engagements and significantly accelerated deal cycles.
Partnership·2025-10-14
Palantir Expands Partnership with Microsoft to Bring AIP to Azure Government Cloud
Palantir and Microsoft announced an expanded partnership to deploy Palantir AIP on Azure Government Cloud, giving federal agencies access to AI platform capabilities in FedRAMP High environments.
Company History
9 milestones
Peter Thiel, Alex Karp, Joe Lonsdale, Stephen Cohen, and Nathan Gettings co-founded Palantir in Palo Alto, funded by $30 million from the CIA's venture arm In-Q-Tel to build intelligence analysis software.

Palantir Organization Structure & Team

Org Chart
3,900 employees · Click a leader to explore their team
4,300 across 12 departments
Chief Executive Officer
Alex Karp
Peter Thiel — Departments
· 4300 people across 12 depts

Palantir Financials, Revenue & Market Share

Annual Revenue
$3.75B
+29% vs prior year
YoY Growth
+29%
From $1.54B to $3.75B
Revenue / Employee
$297K
Annual revenue per full-time employee
Revenue Growth
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
$1.54B
$1.91B
$2.23B
$2.87B
$3.75B
Market Share
AI & Analytics Platforms for Government & Enterprise
5%
share
Palantir
5%
Databricks
12%
Snowflake
8%
IBM Watson
10%
Others
65%
$500B
TAM
$50B
SAM
$5B
SOM
Revenue Streams
US Government42%
US Commercial31%
International Government17%
International Commercial10%
Business Units
Government Segment59%
Gotham, Foundry, and AIP deployments for US and allied defense, intelligence, and civilian government agencies.
Commercial Segment41%
AIP and Foundry platforms for enterprise customers with US commercial growing 54% year-over-year in 2025.

Palantir Internal Tools & Processes

Internal Tools
12 departments
Engineering1200 people · 4 roles
Standards & Certifications
10 standards
Compliance frameworks, security audits, and quality certifications this company maintains.
Security
ISO 27001
Certified
Palantir maintains ISO 27001 certification for its information security management system across commercial platform development and cloud operations.
Regulatory
FedRAMP High
Certified
Palantir Foundry and AIP are FedRAMP High authorized, enabling US federal agencies to deploy the platforms for sensitive national security and civilian government workloads.
Regulatory
IL5 (Impact Level 5)
Certified
Palantir platforms are certified at DoD Impact Level 5, supporting Controlled Unclassified Information and National Security Systems for US military deployments.
Regulatory
IL6 (Impact Level 6)
Certified
Palantir Gotham and AIP are certified at DoD Impact Level 6 (SECRET), authorizing classified data processing for intelligence and defense mission applications.
Security
SOC 2 Type II
Certified
Palantir holds SOC 2 Type II certification for its commercial SaaS platforms, covering security, availability, and confidentiality controls for enterprise Foundry and AIP customers.
Regulatory
ITAR Compliant
Compliant
Palantir complies with International Traffic in Arms Regulations for its defense and intelligence software, restricting access and export of controlled defense technology.
Security
CMMC Level 3
Compliant
Palantir maintains CMMC Level 3 compliance for its defense platform offerings, enabling Palantir Gotham and Foundry to be deployed in DoD contractor environments handling Controlled Unclassified Information under DFARS cybersecurity requirements.
Privacy
HIPAA
Compliant
Palantir supports HIPAA-compliant deployments of Palantir Foundry for healthcare and life sciences customers, enabling hospital systems and pharmaceutical companies to analyze patient and clinical trial data within a compliant data operating environment.
Privacy
GDPR
Compliant
Palantir maintains GDPR compliance for its European government and commercial customers, with Palantir Foundry providing data sovereignty controls and processing agreements that allow EU organizations to analyze sensitive data within GDPR-compliant environments.
Security
NIST 800-53
Compliant
Palantir platforms are implemented with NIST SP 800-53 security controls aligned to FedRAMP High, enabling US federal civilian and defense agencies to deploy Palantir AIP and Gotham in environments requiring the highest federal security control baseline.

Palantir Interview Preparation

Interview Prep
Role-specific interview questions and keywords. Select a department, then click any role to prepare.
Engineering· 4 roles

Palantir Products & Competitors

Product Suite
5 products · select one to explore
Data & AI
Cloud
Palantir Apollo
Continuous delivery for mission-critical software

Palantir Apollo is a cloud-agnostic software delivery and deployment management system that enables Palantir platforms to run in air-gapped, classified, and multi-cloud environments. It orchestrates automated software updates and configuration management across government and enterprise deployments with the highest security requirements.

Use Cases
Air-Gapped Government Network Software Deployment and UpdatesMulti-Cloud Enterprise Platform Lifecycle ManagementClassified Environment Continuous Delivery Pipeline Orchestration
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Key Customers
SF
US Space Force
CD
CDC
MK
Merck
Competitive Intelligence
VSAWS GovCloud
THEM

AWS GovCloud is Amazon's isolated cloud region for US government customers designed to host sensitive and regulated workloads meeting FedRAMP High, ITAR, and DoD IL2–IL5 compliance requirements.

EDGE

Cloud-agnostic orchestration that works in air-gapped environments with no internet dependency

VSRed Hat OpenShift
THEM

Red Hat OpenShift is an enterprise Kubernetes container platform providing a consistent application development and deployment environment across on-premises, hybrid, and multi-cloud infrastructure.

EDGE

Purpose-built for Palantir platform deployment with zero-downtime updates in classified networks

VSTanzu by VMware
THEM

VMware Tanzu is an application and Kubernetes platform from Broadcom/VMware enabling enterprises to build, run, and manage modern containerized applications across multi-cloud and on-premises infrastructure.

EDGE

Proven in the most demanding classified US government environments with FedRAMP High authorization

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