Organization
Palantir Technologies
Data-analysis software company founded in 2003, first for US intelligence work.
- Dates
- 2003 –
- Also known as
- Palantir
Palantir was co-founded in 2003 by Peter Thiel, Alex Karp and others. Its 2020 prospectus says it “started building software for the intelligence community in the United States to assist in counterterrorism investigations and operations”. In-Q-Tel, the venture firm set up by the Central Intelligence Agency, was among its early backers.
Connections 2
founded by
- Peter Thiel 2003 co-founder and chair Primary record 1
investors
Timeline 2 dates
- 2003 – Palantir Technologies
- 2003 Peter Thiel founded Palantir Technologies
Proof 3 sources
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Palantir Technologies Inc. registration statement (Form S-1/A), September 2020, Palantir Technologies, Sep 2020.
Primary record
Mr. Thiel is one of our co-founders and has served as the Chairman of our Board of Directors since 2003.
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Meet the CIA-backed venture fund behind Palantir, Anduril, and a spy tool that might be on your phone, Fortune, 29 Jul 2025.
Scholarship & press
In-Q-Tel also backed Palantir, supplier of big-data analytics to the military and intel agencies.
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Palantir raises $450m in latest fund-raising round, The Register, 24 Jul 2015.
Scholarship & press
It was also backed in its early stages by the the CIA's In-Q-Tel venture capital arm.
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