Knowledge Graph Mashup · RDF-Backed · 2026-05-18

Palantir Says SaaS Is Dead

A semantic mashup of Palantir's FY2025 Form 10-K and Steve Banker's Forbes market analysis — exploring the rise of AI-native, outcome-based enterprise platforms and the disruption of traditional software delivery.

📄 Sources: SEC 10-K · Forbes Article 📅 FY: 2025 Annual + Q1 2026 🏷️ Ticker: PLTR · Nasdaq 🌐 Resolver: URIBurner
Financials

FY2025 & Q1 2026 Performance

$4.5B
FY2025 Revenue
54% Govt · 46% Commercial
$1.63B
Q1 2026 Revenue
+85% year-over-year
$11.2B
Remaining Deal Value
$6.8B Commercial · $4.4B Govt
954
Total Customers
As of Dec 31, 2025
$299B
Market Cap
June 30, 2025 · Nasdaq
+133%
US Commercial Growth
Q1 2026 · $595M
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Government Segment

$2.43B revenue in FY2025 (54%). Powered primarily by Gotham for defense, intelligence, and allied government agencies. Palantir's original and most established market.

NAICS 928110
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Commercial Segment

$2.07B revenue in FY2025 (46%), with U.S. commercial surging 133% YoY to $595M in Q1 2026. AIP and Foundry drive accelerating enterprise adoption.

NAICS 511210
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Geographic Split

74% of FY2025 revenue from U.S. customers ($3.33B), 26% from international markets. Palantir explicitly does not operate in China.

74% US · 26% Intl
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Top 20 Customer Growth

Average revenue from top 20 customers rose from $64.6M in 2024 to $93.9M in 2025 (trailing twelve months), demonstrating deepening enterprise relationships.

+45% avg growth
Platforms

Palantir's Four Principal Software Platforms

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AIP — Artificial Intelligence Platform

Launched 2023. Connects LLMs to enterprise data and operations via the Palantir Ontology. Enables AI agents, automations, and governance frameworks. The engine of Palantir's SaaS disruption thesis.

Cloud · On-Prem · Edge
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Foundry — Data Operations

Central operating system for enterprises. Data pipelines, analytics, and operational applications backed by the Palantir Ontology. Used by all commercial customers and many government customers.

Commercial · Government
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Gotham — Defense & Intelligence

Multi-domain operational awareness platform for allied military and intelligence agencies. Integrates data from across sensors and domains in near real-time. Over a decade of front-line deployment.

Defense · Intelligence
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Apollo — Continuous Delivery

Cloud-agnostic single control layer for deploying Palantir platforms and customer software across any environment. Enables the Army's first AI-defined vehicle and missions at the tactical edge.

Cloud-Agnostic · Edge
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The Palantir Ontology — The Heart of It All

A dynamic mapping of enterprise data, logic, and actions into a unified organizational representation. Provides AI models with structured access to business operations rather than raw data — making contextually aware, responsible AI deployment at enterprise scale possible. The Ontology bridges Foundry and AIP.

People

Key Individuals

AK

Alexander Karp

CEO & Co-Founder · Palantir
Integral to Palantir's growth since 2003 founding. His leadership and customer relationships are flagged as key business risks in the 10-K. Shapes global AI and defense strategy.
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Danny Lukus

Deployment Strategist · Palantir
Declared "SaaS is dead" while presenting Palantir's AI supply chain solutions. Represents the forward-deployed engineer model central to Palantir's go-to-market approach.
SB

Steve Banker

Forbes Contributor · Supply Chain Analyst
Authored the Forbes analysis "Palantir Says SaaS Is Dead" (May 16, 2026). Covers supply chain technology, logistics, and enterprise software markets at Forbes and SupplyChainBrain.
Strategy

The SaaS Disruption Thesis

"SaaS Is Dead" — Danny Lukus, Palantir

Traditional Software-as-a-Service fails enterprise customers because its generic, one-size-fits-all design forces them into expensive workarounds — particularly Excel spreadsheets — rather than solving complex, organization-specific operational problems. Palantir proposes AI-native, outcome-based platforms that adapt to each customer's unique data, logic, and workflows. Demonstrated with supply chain clients including Advance Auto Parts.

01

AIP Bootcamp

5-day intensive. Build live AI workflows on real customer data. Compress 6-12 month sales cycles to days.

02

Forward-Deployed Engineers

Engineers embed with customers. Identify challenges firsthand. Build tailored AI solutions in-situ.

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AI Agentic Outcomes

Agents make decisions, call tools, move data, push processes to completion. Outcomes replace licenses.

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Enterprise-Wide Scale

Proven use cases expand horizontally across divisions via Palantir Ontology as shared foundation.

FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions

Glossary

Key Terms Defined

How-To

Deploy AI Outcomes: AIP Bootcamp Approach

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Sources

Source Documents

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Palantir FY2025 Form 10-K

Annual Report filed with the SEC. CIK-0001321655. Fiscal year ended December 31, 2025. Filed ~February 2026. 118 pages covering business, risk factors, financials, and MD&A.

SEC · EDGAR · PDF
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Forbes: "Palantir Says SaaS Is Dead"

By Steve Banker, Forbes supply chain contributor. Published May 16, 2026. Examines Danny Lukus's declaration that SaaS is obsolete, with Advance Auto Parts as a supply chain case study.

Forbes · Supply Chain
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RDF-Turtle Knowledge Graph

Companion RDF-Turtle file containing the full knowledge graph representation of this mashup with all entities, relationships, FAQ, glossary, HowTo, and provenance metadata.

RDF · Turtle · schema.org
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Markdown · Portable