{"entity":"palantir","id":"ent_palantir","name":"Palantir Technologies","predicate":"founder","label":"founder","page":"https://asof.is/record/palantir/founder","as_of":"2026-11-01","summary":"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 The record holds 3 claims on Palantir Technologies's founder, 3 still open and 0 superseded, each dated and sourced; a replaced value is closed with an end date, never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":["clm_83966AA4032E"],"latest_period":null,"claims":[{"id":"clm_6D5746752B5E","value":"Joe Lonsdale","valid_from":null,"undated":true,"valid_to":null,"published":null,"recorded":"2026-11-01","confidence":0.6,"status":"unverified","assertable":false,"why_not":"unverified","superseded_by":null,"sources":[{"url":"https://reason.com/podcast/2024/04/03/why-palantir-cofounder-joe-lonsdale-left-california-for-texas/","tier":"secondary","publisher":"reason.com","published_at":null},{"url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2047336","tier":"secondary","publisher":"Wikidata","published_at":null}],"evidence":{"by":"page-read","on":"2026-11-01","quote":"Joe Lonsdale is a co-founder of the data analytics firm Palantir","url":"https://reason.com/podcast/2024/04/03/why-palantir-cofounder-joe-lonsdale-left-california-for-texas/"}},{"id":"clm_83966AA4032E","value":"Peter Thiel","valid_from":null,"undated":true,"valid_to":null,"published":"2025-06-05","recorded":"2026-10-27","confidence":0.8,"status":"valid","assertable":true,"superseded_by":null,"sources":[{"url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2047336","tier":"secondary","publisher":"Wikidata","published_at":null},{"url":"https://www.deutschlandfunk.de/palantir-deutschland-polizei-software-datenschutz-100.html","tier":"secondary","publisher":null,"published_at":"2025-06-05T00:00:00+00:00"},{"url":"https://quartr.com/insights/business-philosophy/alex-karp-the-unconventional-tech-visionary","tier":"secondary","publisher":"quartr.com","published_at":null}],"evidence":{"by":"page-read","on":"2026-10-30","quote":"Der in Deutschland geborene US-amerikanische Investor und PayPal-Gründer Peter Thiel gründete Palantir 2003 zusammen mit zwei Stanford-Absolventen, die Informatik studiert hatten, und einem PayPal-Ingenieur.","url":"https://www.deutschlandfunk.de/palantir-deutschland-polizei-software-datenschutz-100.html"}},{"id":"clm_EAC31053CE66","value":"Nathan Gettings","valid_from":null,"undated":true,"valid_to":null,"published":"2017-07-30","recorded":"2026-10-27","confidence":0.7,"status":"unverified","assertable":false,"why_not":"unverified","superseded_by":null,"sources":[{"url":"https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/jul/30/palantir-peter-thiel-cia-data-crime-police","tier":"secondary","publisher":null,"published_at":"2017-07-30T00:00:00+00:00"},{"url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2047336","tier":"secondary","publisher":"Wikidata","published_at":null}],"evidence":{"by":"page-read","on":"2026-10-30","quote":"In 2004, Peter Thiel – the billionaire PayPal co-founder, Facebook investor and and latter-day Trump ally – created Palantir alongside Nathan Gettings, Joe Lonsdale, Stephen Cohen and Alex Karp.","url":"https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/jul/30/palantir-peter-thiel-cia-data-crime-police"}}],"replaced":[],"faq":[{"question":"What is Palantir Technologies's current founder?","answer":"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)."}],"legend":{"dates":"valid_from: when the claim took effect (a period figure: the day its period closed). published: the earliest day a source on the record published it (a filing's filing date, a post's date; null when no source carries one). recorded: the day AsOf first held it. A figure can take effect weeks before it is published.","why_not":{"unverified":"Unverified: one source that is not primary, or a primary source below confidence 0.7. Asserted once a primary source or a second independent domain confirms it."},"checked_by":{"page-read":"its source page states the value and the date"}}}