Palantir Technologies builds software platforms that fuse an organization's scattered data into a single operating picture. Gotham serves intelligence agencies and militaries, work that made the company's reputation and still anchors its government segment. Foundry brings the same approach to corporations, and the Artificial Intelligence Platform layers language models on top so users can act on data conversationally. Founded in 2003 with early backing from the CIA's venture arm, Palantir cultivates long, deeply embedded customer relationships that are hard to unwind.