Palantir

Palantir operates a high-value enterprise software model built around proprietary platforms that become embedded in customer operations. It creates value by integrating disparate data sources into a governed operational layer, enabling analytics, workflows and AI in production environments, and then monetises that value through long-term software contracts, subscriptions, platform licensing and selected consumption-based pricing. The model is strengthened by deep deployment into mission-critical use cases, which can increase contract size, duration and switching costs.

Palantir is a US public software company that sells enterprise and government data platforms used to integrate fragmented data, model operations, deploy analytics and AI, and support decision-making in secure or complex environments. Its main products include Foundry for commercial data and operations, Gotham for government and defence intelligence workflows, Apollo for software deployment across cloud and edge environments, and AIP for operational AI deployment.

The company makes money primarily through software licensing, subscriptions, usage-based platform consumption and multi-year contracts with governments, defence organisations and large enterprises. Its customers are typically large institutions with complex data estates, regulated operating environments or mission-critical workflows, rather than mass-market consumers.