Palantir Technologies Inc.
(Courtesy of Palantir Technologies Inc.)
Matthew A. Long and Palantir Technologies Inc. have come a long way since the company’s origins as a software company that received early funding from the Central Intelligence Agency.
The company, co-founded by PayPal Holdings Inc. co-founder Peter Thiel, sells “big data” platforms to government entities and private businesses and bypassed a traditional initial public offering to go public in a direct listing Sept. 20.