What is Palantir?

Palantir is a high-end AI company frequently cited in discussions of the tech industry’s growing influence in American politics. In May 2026, Professor Jiang described a divide between “bankers” and “tech bros,” naming Palantir alongside figures such as Larry Ellison and Peter Thiel as part of a “Trump revolution” challenging Wall Street’s long-standing control over America.

Also in May 2026, Harry Stebbings noted that a source was insistent that there is “no value at the LLM level to Palantir” because, at Palantir’s scale, it is not a simple B2B application but high-end AI — and at that level, there is no meaningful difference between LLMs.