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Palantir

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

HQ Denver, USFounded 2003publicWebsite

On the watchlist — 4.8k employees.

Headcount
4.8k
0.0%
90d change
-0.7%
Funding events (90d)
0
1 all-time tracked
Layoff events (90d)
0

Signals

source: PDL v25
Inferred revenue
$1B-$10B
PDL estimate
Revenue / employee
$1.2M
midpoint ÷ headcount
12-month turnover
18.6%
within typical band
Average tenure
3.4 yrs
long — sticky culture
Time since last raise
2y 9mo
runway question

Hiring flow · Palantir

source: PDL v25

Headcount by role

12-month growth · PDL v25
Engineering
2,320
+13%
Operations
214
-3%
Analyst
196
+12%
Product
130
-12%
Partnerships
120
-10%
Fulfillment
72
-3%
Human Resources
70
-23%
Legal
64
-10%
Other
249

In the news

relevance ≥ 6 · last 180 days
  1. Defense News6d ago
    France to test its own AI-powered battlefield command in June NATO exercise

    Significant subject as developer of Maven Smart System; article frames French Arcadia as a competing alternative to Palantir's platform.

  2. The Verge2mo ago
    AI backlash is coming for elections

    CEO Alex Karp quoted claiming Democratic voters could see economic hit while working-class voters benefit; cited as tech executive driving AI backlash.

Events

Layoff · 2.09% (102 roles)
Departures in 2025-08: 168 vs 6-mo baseline of 65.5 (2.56× spike). Derived from PDL.
11mo ago
Funding · post ipo equity · $10M
3y ago
Layoff · 2.03% (43 roles)
Departures in 2015-09: 60 vs 6-mo baseline of 17 (3.53× spike). Derived from PDL.
11y ago
Layoff · 3.08% (45 roles)
Departures in 2013-08: 56 vs 6-mo baseline of 11 (5.09× spike). Derived from PDL.
13y ago

Score history