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| 2016 || February 15 || Acquisition || Palantir acquires webscraping startup Kimono Labs, Inc, whose browser-based tool allows users to extract data from web pages without requiring extensive programming skills.<ref name="Palantir Technologies  crunchbase"/><ref>{{cite web|last1=Yeung|first1=Ken|title=Palantir acquires Kimono Labs, will shutter data collection service on February 29|url=https://venturebeat.com/2016/02/15/palantir-acquires-kimono-labs-will-shutter-data-collection-service-on-february-29/|website=venturebeat.com|accessdate=13 November 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Lardinois|first1=Frederic|title=Palantir Acquires Kimono Labs For Its Web-Scraping Service|url=https://techcrunch.com/2016/02/15/palantir-acquires-kimono-labs-for-its-web-scraping-service/|website=techcrunch.com|accessdate=13 November 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Palantir Acquires Kimono Labs|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/DJFVW00120160216ec2gmvb1i|website=wsj.com|accessdate=13 November 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Ranger|first1=Steve|title=Palantir buys Kimono Labs, cloud-hosted service to close|url=http://www.zdnet.com/article/palantir-buys-kimono-labs-cloud-hosted-service-to-close/|website=zdnet.com|accessdate=13 November 2017}}</ref>  
 
| 2016 || February 15 || Acquisition || Palantir acquires webscraping startup Kimono Labs, Inc, whose browser-based tool allows users to extract data from web pages without requiring extensive programming skills.<ref name="Palantir Technologies  crunchbase"/><ref>{{cite web|last1=Yeung|first1=Ken|title=Palantir acquires Kimono Labs, will shutter data collection service on February 29|url=https://venturebeat.com/2016/02/15/palantir-acquires-kimono-labs-will-shutter-data-collection-service-on-february-29/|website=venturebeat.com|accessdate=13 November 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Lardinois|first1=Frederic|title=Palantir Acquires Kimono Labs For Its Web-Scraping Service|url=https://techcrunch.com/2016/02/15/palantir-acquires-kimono-labs-for-its-web-scraping-service/|website=techcrunch.com|accessdate=13 November 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Palantir Acquires Kimono Labs|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/DJFVW00120160216ec2gmvb1i|website=wsj.com|accessdate=13 November 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Ranger|first1=Steve|title=Palantir buys Kimono Labs, cloud-hosted service to close|url=http://www.zdnet.com/article/palantir-buys-kimono-labs-cloud-hosted-service-to-close/|website=zdnet.com|accessdate=13 November 2017}}</ref>  
 
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| 2016 || May 12 || Controverse || Press release for a {{w|Hong Kong}}-based company called CoinFac begins circulating a plan to "introduce the next generation quantum computing technology into cryptocurrency mining", and promises to deliver faster bitcoin mining using quantum computing. The company also states that it is owned by Palantir. However, Palantir denies ownership and says there is no connection between the companies, asking CoinFac to remove references to Palantir.<ref>{{cite web|title=Palantir Denies Ownership of 'Quantum' Bitcoin Mining Service|url=https://www.coindesk.com/palantir-quantum-bitcoin-cloud-mining/|website=coindesk.com|accessdate=13 November 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Coleman|first1=Lester|title=Palantir Tech Refutes Link to ‘Quantum Bitcoin Mining’ Firm|url=https://www.cryptocoinsnews.com/palantir-technologies-denies-connection-to-quantum-bitcoin-mining-firm/|website=cryptocoinsnews.com|accessdate=13 November 2017}}</ref>  
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| 2016 || May 12 || Controversy || Press release for a {{w|Hong Kong}}-based company called CoinFac begins circulating a plan to "introduce the next generation quantum computing technology into cryptocurrency mining", and promises to deliver faster bitcoin mining using quantum computing. The company also states that it is owned by Palantir. However, Palantir denies ownership and says there is no connection between the companies, asking CoinFac to remove references to Palantir.<ref>{{cite web|title=Palantir Denies Ownership of 'Quantum' Bitcoin Mining Service|url=https://www.coindesk.com/palantir-quantum-bitcoin-cloud-mining/|website=coindesk.com|accessdate=13 November 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Coleman|first1=Lester|title=Palantir Tech Refutes Link to ‘Quantum Bitcoin Mining’ Firm|url=https://www.cryptocoinsnews.com/palantir-technologies-denies-connection-to-quantum-bitcoin-mining-firm/|website=cryptocoinsnews.com|accessdate=13 November 2017}}</ref>  
 
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| 2016 || May 21 || || Palantir announces plan to purchase up to $225 million of its own common stock that is owned by current and former employees, in a move thought that could provide some relief to employees growing anxious over the prospect of turning their shares into cash. The so-called “liquidity event” is held at a price of $7.40 per share.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Weinberger|first1=Matt|title=Secretive $20 billion startup Palantir is buying $225 million of stock back from employees|url=http://www.businessinsider.com/palantir-employee-stock-buyback-liquidity-event-2016-5|website=businessinsider.com|accessdate=13 November 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Schubarth|first1=Cromwell|title=Palantir offers to buy back $225M of employee stock|url=https://www.bizjournals.com/sanjose/blog/techflash/2016/05/palantir-offers-to-buy-back-225m-of-employee-stock.html|website=bizjournals.com|accessdate=13 November 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Alden|first1=William|title=Palantir To Buy Up To $225 Million Of Stock From Employees|url=https://www.buzzfeed.com/williamalden/palantir-to-buy-up-to-225-million-of-stock-from-employees?utm_term=.va7Gd5J2Pm#.utrYbD4Apk|website=buzzfeed.com|accessdate=13 November 2017}}</ref>
 
| 2016 || May 21 || || Palantir announces plan to purchase up to $225 million of its own common stock that is owned by current and former employees, in a move thought that could provide some relief to employees growing anxious over the prospect of turning their shares into cash. The so-called “liquidity event” is held at a price of $7.40 per share.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Weinberger|first1=Matt|title=Secretive $20 billion startup Palantir is buying $225 million of stock back from employees|url=http://www.businessinsider.com/palantir-employee-stock-buyback-liquidity-event-2016-5|website=businessinsider.com|accessdate=13 November 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Schubarth|first1=Cromwell|title=Palantir offers to buy back $225M of employee stock|url=https://www.bizjournals.com/sanjose/blog/techflash/2016/05/palantir-offers-to-buy-back-225m-of-employee-stock.html|website=bizjournals.com|accessdate=13 November 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Alden|first1=William|title=Palantir To Buy Up To $225 Million Of Stock From Employees|url=https://www.buzzfeed.com/williamalden/palantir-to-buy-up-to-225-million-of-stock-from-employees?utm_term=.va7Gd5J2Pm#.utrYbD4Apk|website=buzzfeed.com|accessdate=13 November 2017}}</ref>

Revision as of 17:01, 13 November 2017

This is a timeline of Palantir Technologies.

Big picture

Time period Development summary
2003 – 2008 Founding and early years. Shannon Scott, who lists himself as working as the Engineering Lead in their Australia office and Palantir’s first non-US employee
2009 – 2010
2010 – 2012 Expansion
2013 – 2016 Additional funding

Full timeline

Year Month and date Event type Details
2003 May The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filings set Palantir’s official incorporation around this time by Peter Thiel, who said that he intended the startup as a “mission oriented company” intending to apply software like PayPal’s fraud recognition systems “to reduce terrorism while preserving civil liberties”.[1]
2005 September 1 Funding Palantir announces first funding round.[2]
2006 November 23 Funding Palantir receives US$ 10,522,859 in second funding round, with Reed Elsevier Ventures as investor.[2]
2008 February 28 Funding Palantir receives US$ 36,752,410 in funding round.[2]
2009 April 14 Funding Palantir receives US$ 8,291,250 in funding round.[2]
2010 June 25 Funding Palantir receives US$ 90,000,000 in funding round, with Founders Fund as lead investor.[2]
2010 August Legal United Kingdom-based analytics software company i2 Limited files a suit alleging that a Palantir employee, Shyam Sankar fraudulently used a shell company SRS Enterprises to license i2’s software in order to steal its trade secrets from 2006 to 2010.[1]
2011 January Legal Palantir and i2 Limited issue a joint statement that they have settled the agreement "to the mutual satisfaction of all the parties," vowing that neither side would make any future public statement on the case of Shyam Sankar.[1]
2011 January 1 Funding Palantir announces sixth funding round.[2]
2011 February Controversy Hacked e-mails from computer security company HBGary reveal a presentation with Palantir’s logo about a proposal to Bank of America for how Palantir, HBGary Federal, and Berico Technologies could collaborate to “combat the WikiLeaks threat effectively”. Palantir later apologizes for the proposal, and cuts ties with HBGary.[1][3][4]
2011 May 5 Funding Palantir raises US$ 50,000,000 in funding round.[2]
2011 September 1 Recognition Palantir is named technology pioneer by the World Economic Forum, along with CloudFlare, Dropbox, and Kickstarter.[5]
2011 October 6 Funding Palantir raises US$ 68,000,000 in funding round.[2]
2012 October 1 Funding Palantir raises US$ 56,000,000 in funding round.[2]
2013 January 1 Funding Palantir raises US$ 4,080,266 in funding round.[2]
2013 February 16 Acquisition Palantir acquires startup Voicegem, announcing the its team would join Palantir, and its voice email service would be shut down.[6][7][8][9]
2013 September 27 Funding Palantir raises US$ 196,500,000 in funding round.[2]
2014 February 14 Funding Palantir raises US$ 111,306,601 in funding round.[2]
2014 July 29 Acquisition Palantir acquires New York-based Poptip, a startup that processes data from social media.[6][10][11][12][13]
2014 July 31 Acquisition Palantir acquires Propeller, a startup that offers tools for building native mobile apps.[6][1][14][15][16]
2014 August 6 Valuation Palantir is named one of the world's 10 most valuable startups, with an estimated worth of about US$9.3 billion.[17]
2014 September 12 Funding Palantir raises US$ $444,184,042 in funding round.[2]
2014 December 12 Funding Palantir raises US$ 50,000,000 in funding round.[2]
2015 January 16 Valuation Palantir is valued at US$ 15 billion. At this stage, Palantir ranks as the third most-valuable venture-backed company in the world, after Xiaomi, wi a value of US$ 46 billion, and Uber at US$ 41 billion.[18][19][20]
2015 February 6 Acquisition Palantir acquires FT Technologies, with the purpose of adding retail, shopping data to its analytics platform. FT built a platform to help retailers with their strategies across physical stores, online, mobile and other platforms where they sell goods and communicate with customers.[6][21][22][23]
2015 December 24 Funding Palantir raises US$ 879,829,998 in funding round, with Kortschak Investments as lead investor.[2]
2016 February 15 Acquisition Palantir acquires webscraping startup Kimono Labs, Inc, whose browser-based tool allows users to extract data from web pages without requiring extensive programming skills.[6][24][25][26][27]
2016 May 12 Controversy Press release for a Hong Kong-based company called CoinFac begins circulating a plan to "introduce the next generation quantum computing technology into cryptocurrency mining", and promises to deliver faster bitcoin mining using quantum computing. The company also states that it is owned by Palantir. However, Palantir denies ownership and says there is no connection between the companies, asking CoinFac to remove references to Palantir.[28][29]
2016 May 21 Palantir announces plan to purchase up to $225 million of its own common stock that is owned by current and former employees, in a move thought that could provide some relief to employees growing anxious over the prospect of turning their shares into cash. The so-called “liquidity event” is held at a price of $7.40 per share.[30][31][32]
2016 August 10 Acquisition Palantir acquires Dutch data visualization startup Silk. It is announced that members of the Silk team directly would Palantir in new roles, while service silk.co would be phased out.[6][33][34][35][36]
2016 November 8 Funding Palantir raises US$ 19,999,995 in funding round.[2]
2017 January 20 Funding Palantir announces funding round.[2]
2017 March 1 Funding Palantir announces funding round.[2]

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References

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