Top 5% vertical AI efficiency trophy

Palantir: #2 of 83 by ARR per employee

Palantir is ranked #2 of 83 vertical AI companies on Vertical Velocity with $1.0M ARR per employee. The company is #1 in Defense AI and is tracked as part of the vertical AI efficiency benchmark.

Company metrics

  1. Overall rank #2 of 83
  2. Category rank #1 in Defense AI
  3. ARR per employee $1.0M/emp
  4. Estimated ARR $4.5B
  5. Headcount 4,429
  6. Headquarters Miami, FL

What the company does

Palantir is a data analytics and AI platform serving defense, intelligence agencies, and commercial enterprises with products for data integration, operational planning, and AI-assisted decision-making. The company's government platforms (Gotham and Apollo) are used by the US military and intelligence community for mission planning, threat analysis, and logistics optimization. Palantir's commercial platform (Foundry) and its newer AIP product bring the same data integration and AI capabilities to enterprises in healthcare, energy, manufacturing, and financial services. As a publicly traded company valued at over $150B, Palantir has become the benchmark for enterprise AI deployment in high-stakes, data-complex environments.