Technology Magazine October 2020 | Page 79

TOP 10

2003

YEAR FOUNDED

$ 20bn VALUATION

CEO

ALEX KARP

79 05 Palantir

[ PALO ALTO , CALIFORNIA ]

Palantir Technologies is a Silicon Valley data unicorn catering to fields such as government , defence and law enforcement . Rising steadily since its 2004 foundation , the company describes its mission as being the augmentation rather than the replacement of human intelligence . Palantir ’ s primary offerings are its Gotham and Foundry platforms , which are able to demonstrate the linkages between and provenance of data points , as well as track changes over time . technologymagazine . com