Palantir Technologies

Overview

Acquisitions: 6 Acquisitions
Total Equity Funding: $2.01B in 13 Rounds from 13 Investors
Headquarters: Palo Alto, California
Description: Palantir Technologies offers a suite of software applications for integrating, visualizing, and analyzing information.
Founders: Alexander Karp, Joe Lonsdale, Nathan Gettings, Stephen Cohen, Peter Thiel, Garry Tan
Categories: Computer, Analytics, Software, Information Technology
Website: http://www.palantir.com

Company Details

Founded: 2004
Employees: 1k – 5k | 27 in Crunchbase

Palantir’s mission is to solve the most important problems for the world’s most important institutions.
Palantir was founded in 2004 by a handful of PayPal alumni and Stanford computer scientists. Since then Palantir has doubled in size every year while retaining early-stage values: a startup culture, strong work ethic, and rigorous hiring standards.
Palantir works in a variety of problem areas for various customers in both private and public sector, helping them answer questions like:
How do you prevent the next $65Bn ponzi scheme?
How do you take down human trafficking networks?
How can we help borrowers avoid foreclosure on a massive scale/stabilize housing?
How can you prevent fraud in Medicare?
Can you help governments save billions/identify ways to reduce spending?
Can you help scientists monitor the environment after the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill?
How do you defend the IP of companies from cyber espionage by bad actors?
How can you help stop the genocide in the Sudan?
How can we help target gangs to end their violence?