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Palantir

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

HQ Denver, USFounded 2003publicWebsite

On the watchlist — 5.1k employees.

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Headcount
5.1k
0.0%
90d change
+0.2%
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
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

In the news

relevance ≥ 6 · last 180 days
  1. The Verge7d ago
    Elon Musk broke the FAA — Palantir is picking up the pieces

    Palantir is a significant subject positioned as beneficiary of FAA failures, but article focuses on Musk/DOGE's mismanagement.

  2. TechCrunchHeadline21d ago
    After killer quarter, Palantir CEO Alex Karp calls AI industry ‘Marxist’

    Article is entirely about Palantir CEO's shareholder letter and record Q2 earnings results.

  3. TechCrunch26d ago
    Forward-deployed engineers are the AI industry’s latest talent obsession

    Palantir cited as inventor of FDE concept and major employer of FDEs; clients buy their tech to access FDE talent.

  4. CoinDesk29d ago
    Nvidia forms 37-member AI security alliance without OpenAI, Anthropic or Google

    Palantir listed as a member of the new Open Secure AI Alliance but not a central subject.

  5. The Verge29d ago
    Nvidia, Microsoft launch open AI security alliance — without OpenAI, Google, or Anthropic

    Named as a founding member of the Open Secure AI Alliance but not a central focus.

  6. Air & Space Forces1mo ago
    In First, TRANSCOM Operationalized AI Agents to Support Epic Fury

    Palantir's Maven Smart System is named as a tool TRANSCOM uses for data fusion during operations, but the article focuses on TRANSCOM's AI deployment, not Palantir.

  7. TechCrunch2mo ago
    What is Mistral AI? Everything to know about the OpenAI competitor

    Mentioned as a business-model reference point: Mistral follows Palantir's playbook of forward-deployed engineers for enterprise adoption.

  8. TechCrunch2mo ago
    Amazon launches new $1 billion FDE org, following OpenAI and Anthropic

    Credited as pioneer of FDE model but not a primary subject; mentioned for context only.

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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

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