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Palantir

Foundry, Gotham, AIP. Defense + commercial data platforms.

HQ Denver, USFounded 2003publicWebsite

On the watchlist — 5.1k employees.

Watch Palantir · One email when its rank, headcount or news changes. Mondays, only when something moved.
Headcount
5.1k
0.0%
90d change
0.0%
Funding events (90d)
0
1 all-time tracked
Layoff events (90d)
0

headcount + trends: LinkedIn-tracked weekly series · funding & layoff counts: through Jul 2026 (frozen) + live news extraction

Signals

source: PDL v25
Inferred revenue
$1B-$10B
PDL estimate
Revenue / employee
$1.1M
midpoint ÷ headcount
12-month turnover
17.8%
within typical band
Average tenure
3.5 yrs
long — sticky culture
Time since last raise
3y 2mo
runway question

Hiring flow · Palantir

source: PDL v25

Headcount by role

12-month growth · PDL v25
Engineering
2,514
+6%
Operations
217
-8%
Analyst
201
+10%
Product
140
-14%
Partnerships
124
-12%
Fulfillment
75
-2%
Human Resources
74
-21%
Legal
67
-5%
Other
264
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In the news

relevance ≥ 6 · last 180 days
  1. Defense News2d ago
    US Marine Corps makes Maven available service-wide

    Palantir developed Maven, the AI platform the Marine Corps is expanding service-wide; significant contract expansion news.

  2. Defense News8d ago
    US Army taps 9 companies to build next-gen command and control software

    Named as one of four companies building NGC2's common data baseline for Army command-and-control software.

  3. Decrypt9d ago
    AI Researchers Are Smoking Cigarettes to Prove AI Will Cure Cancer, Says Palantir Exec

    Palantir CTO's controversial CBS claim about AI researchers smoking is the article's primary focus, but framed critically.

  4. CoinDeskHeadline10d ago
    Palantir's Europe head warns the region is 'missing the boat' on AI just as it did with the internet

    Article is primarily about Palantir's Europe head warning of regional AI adoption lag and defending the company against political criticism.

  5. Defense News29d ago
    Army awards Palantir $48.1M to modernize ammo management

    Article is primarily about Palantir winning a $48.1M Army contract to modernize ammunition management systems.

  6. The VergeHeadline1mo ago
    Andreessen Horowitz is launching an ‘academy’ with no homework and partnerships with Palantir, Google, and Meta

    Named in headline and listed as academy partner; minor focus relative to a16z initiative.

  7. DecryptHeadline1mo ago
    Why Is Chipotle Now Working With the CIA-Funded Palantir?

    Article centers on Palantir's new food-safety platform deal with Chipotle and its CIA-funded origins; significant coverage but not earnings/major company news.

  8. Defense NewsHeadline2mo ago
    US Army awards $192M to Palantir, Anduril for TITAN production

    Prime contractor awarded $127M to lead TITAN production for U.S. Army targeting system.

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Events

Layoff · 1.95% (100 roles)
Departures in 2025-08: 165 vs 6-mo baseline of 65.5 (2.52× spike). Derived from PDL.
1y ago
Funding · post ipo equity · $10M
3y ago
Layoff · 1.97% (42 roles)
Departures in 2015-09: 58 vs 6-mo baseline of 16.5 (3.52× spike). Derived from PDL.
11y ago
Layoff · 2.97% (44 roles)
Departures in 2013-08: 55 vs 6-mo baseline of 10.5 (5.24× spike). Derived from PDL.
13y ago

Score history