# Palantir Technologies founder

entity: /record/palantir.md  
predicate: founder  
page: /record/palantir/founder  
as_of: 2026-11-01  

As of November 1, 2026, Palantir Technologies's founder on the AsOf record is Peter Thiel, undated on the record, from 2 secondary sources (deutschlandfunk.de and quartr.com). The record holds 3 claims on Palantir Technologies's founder, 3 still open and 0 superseded, each dated and sourced; a replaced value is closed with an end date, never deleted.

## Current founder

What the record asserts on 2026-11-01.

- [Palantir Technologies](/record/palantir.md) | founder | Peter Thiel | valid undated to present | conf 0.80 | valid | [clm_83966AA4032E](/claim/clm_83966AA4032E.md)
  sources: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2047336, https://www.deutschlandfunk.de/palantir-deutschland-polizei-software-datenschutz-100.html, https://quartr.com/insights/business-philosophy/alex-karp-the-unconventional-tech-visionary

## Every dated value

One claim per line, oldest first. Superseded claims stay visible.

- [Palantir Technologies](/record/palantir.md) | founder | Joe Lonsdale | valid undated to present | conf 0.60 | unverified | [clm_6D5746752B5E](/claim/clm_6D5746752B5E.md)
  sources: https://reason.com/podcast/2024/04/03/why-palantir-cofounder-joe-lonsdale-left-california-for-texas/, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2047336
- [Palantir Technologies](/record/palantir.md) | founder | Peter Thiel | valid undated to present | conf 0.80 | valid | [clm_83966AA4032E](/claim/clm_83966AA4032E.md)
  sources: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2047336, https://www.deutschlandfunk.de/palantir-deutschland-polizei-software-datenschutz-100.html, https://quartr.com/insights/business-philosophy/alex-karp-the-unconventional-tech-visionary
- [Palantir Technologies](/record/palantir.md) | founder | Nathan Gettings | valid undated to present | conf 0.70 | unverified | [clm_EAC31053CE66](/claim/clm_EAC31053CE66.md)
  sources: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/jul/30/palantir-peter-thiel-cia-data-crime-police, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2047336

## Questions this record answers

### What is Palantir Technologies's current founder?

Peter Thiel, undated on the record, from 2 secondary sources (deutschlandfunk.de and quartr.com). The record asserts this claim as of November 1, 2026 (status valid, confidence 0.80).


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- MCP: timeline(entity: "palantir", predicates: ["founder"]) for every dated value · fetch(id: "/record/palantir/founder.md") for this page
- Entity twin: /record/palantir.md · timeline: /timelines/palantir.md

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