Palantir is a data analytics and AI software company co-founded in 2003 to build software for counterterrorism operations. Palantir's Twitter Score is 111 out of 1000 (an Excellent rating) as of August 2026, ranking #6,115 (top 5%) among 483,944 tracked accounts.
Palantir was co-founded by Alexander C. Karp, who serves as its Chief Executive Officer, alongside Stephen Cohen, Peter Thiel, and Joe Lonsdale. According to its SEC Form S-1, the company applied to list Class A common stock on the NYSE under the ticker symbol PLTR. Per The Washington Post, the company was originally seeded with $2 million from a CIA incubator, and it has since grown into a major supplier of data analytics software to government agencies. Its backers include Founders Fund and Mithril.
Palantir operates two principal software platforms, Palantir Gotham and Palantir Foundry, as identified in its SEC filing. Gotham was built for government operatives in defense and intelligence and is also offered to commercial customers, including financial services firms conducting fraud investigations. Foundry serves a broader range of enterprise and institutional use cases. The company maintains a dedicated crypto offerings page, and CNBC reported in May 2021 that Palantir said it accepts bitcoin as payment from customers and was considering adding bitcoin to its balance sheet. The Guardian reported in March 2026 that the UK Financial Conduct Authority awarded Palantir a trial contract to analyze sensitive regulatory data for financial-crime detection, covering fraud and money laundering concerns.
Palantir has had a notable influence on the broader technology ecosystem. Business Insider reported that alumni of the company have co-founded or led many startups, a cohort sometimes called the "Palantir Mafia," with those alumni-founded ventures having raised over $6 billion in venture capital in aggregate. Palantir posts on Twitter with 3,045 posts to date and has been mentioned by 572 accounts, with 1,171 total mentions.
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The accounts that follow Palantir include 550 founders, 142 angel investors, 226 influencers and 16 VCs. Among its notable followers are Elon Musk, 6529, Ryan Selkis, Robert Leshner, Luca Netz and Raj.