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(NYSE:PLTR) 

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Palantir Technologies Inc. builds and deploys software platforms for the intelligence community in the United States to assist in counterterrorism investigations and operations. The company provides Palantir Gotham, a software platform for government operatives in the defense and intelligence sector...

Founded: 2003
IPO Price: $10 (Sep 30, 2020)
Full Time Employees: 3,838 (Dec 2022)
Founder: Peter Thiel, Stephen Cohen, Joe Lonsdale, and Alex Karp 
CEO: Alex Karp  
Sector: Technology
Industry: Software-Infrastructure
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At a glance:
  • Revenue Growth Moderating but Still Positive: Palantir has continued to grow revenue, with growth rates generally slowing from earlier highs as the business scales and comps get tougher.
  • Profitability and Margins Improving: The company has shown meaningful progress on profitability, supported by operating leverage and expense discipline, with expanding operating margin versus prior periods.
  • Commercial Momentum Increasing (Especially U.S.): Commercial customer growth and deal activity—particularly in the U.S.—has been a key focus area, helping diversify the business beyond government contracts.
  • Government Segment Remains a Core Anchor: Government revenue continues to be an important and relatively stable base, though growth can be lumpy depending on contract timing and renewal/expansion cycles.
  • Cash Generation Strengthening and Balance Sheet Solid: Palantir has improved cash flow generation over time and maintains a strong liquidity position with substantial cash and limited debt, supporting ongoing investment.
Bull Thesis:
  • Strong AIP Adoption and AI Moat: Palantir's Artificial Intelligence Platform (AIP) is seeing rapid adoption across commercial and government clients, demonstrating its unique ability to integrate and operationalize AI for complex enterprise problems. This creates a significant competitive moat, as its technology is deeply embedded and difficult to replicate, offering a durable competitive advantage.
  • Accelerating Commercial Growth and Diversification: The company continues to demonstrate robust growth in its commercial segment, successfully expanding beyond its traditional government client base. This diversification reduces reliance on government contracts and opens up a much larger total addressable market, indicating broader market acceptance and scalability of its platforms.
  • Sustainable Profitability and Free Cash Flow Generation: Palantir has achieved consistent GAAP profitability and continues to generate strong positive free cash flow. This financial discipline indicates a maturing business model and a clear path to sustainable, profitable growth, reassuring investors about its long-term financial health and operational efficiency.
  • Deeply Embedded Platforms and High Switching Costs: Palantir's platforms (Gotham, Foundry, AIP) are designed for deep integration into clients' core operations, making them incredibly sticky. Once implemented, the high switching costs and the critical nature of the data infrastructure create a durable revenue stream and strong customer retention, leading to predictable recurring revenue.
Bear Thesis:
  • Premium Valuation Concerns: Despite recent growth and profitability, Palantir's stock trades at a significant premium compared to many enterprise software peers, particularly on a price-to-sales or price-to-earnings basis. This high valuation leaves little room for error and could be vulnerable to market corrections or slower-than-expected growth, posing a risk to investors.
  • High Share-Based Compensation and Dilution: While the company reports positive free cash flow, a substantial portion of its compensation structure involves share-based compensation. This leads to ongoing shareholder dilution, which can offset some of the benefits of profitability and impact per-share earnings growth, potentially eroding shareholder value over time.
  • Customer Concentration Risk: A significant portion of Palantir's revenue, particularly in the government sector, still comes from a relatively small number of large contracts. While diversifying, this concentration poses a risk, as the loss or non-renewal of a major client could materially impact revenue and growth projections, creating volatility.
  • Increasing Competition in Enterprise AI: The rapidly evolving enterprise AI market is attracting significant competition from established tech giants (e.g., Microsoft, Google, AWS) and specialized AI startups. Palantir will need to continuously innovate and prove its unique value proposition to maintain its competitive edge and market share against well-funded rivals.
Main Competitors:
  • Databricks (Lakehouse Platform (Delta Lake, MLflow, Apache Spark)), Databricks offers a unified data and AI platform (the 'Lakehouse') that combines the best aspects of data lakes and data warehouses. It competes with Palantir Foundry by providing comprehensive tools for data ingestion, processing, analytics, machine learning model development, and deployment, often appealing to organizations that prefer a more open, modular, and developer-centric approach to building their data and AI infrastructure.
  • Amazon Web Services (AWS) ($AMZN) (S3, Redshift, Glue, SageMaker, QuickSight, Lake Formation), AWS, as a leading cloud provider, offers a vast suite of modular data, analytics, and AI/ML services. Organizations can use these services (e.g., S3 for storage, Redshift for data warehousing, Glue for ETL, SageMaker for ML, QuickSight for BI) to build custom data platforms and AI solutions that directly compete with Palantir's integrated offerings. While Palantir often runs on AWS infrastructure, AWS's native services provide an alternative 'build-your-own' path.
  • C3.ai ($AI) (C3 AI Platform, C3 AI Applications), C3.ai provides an enterprise AI application development and operating platform, along with pre-built AI applications, primarily targeting industrial and complex enterprise use cases. It competes with Palantir Foundry by offering a platform for rapidly developing, deploying, and operating AI solutions at scale, often for similar high-value, data-intensive problems in sectors like energy, manufacturing, and defense.
  • Snowflake ($SNOW) (Data Cloud (Data Warehouse, Data Lake, Data Exchange)), Snowflake offers a cloud-native data platform that provides data warehousing, data lakes, data engineering, and secure data sharing capabilities. It competes with Palantir by providing a robust foundation for data storage, processing, and analytics, which can be used by enterprises to manage their operational and analytical data, often serving as the core data infrastructure that Palantir's Foundry might otherwise provide or integrate with. Snowflake's growing ecosystem of partners and data applications also encroaches on Palantir's territory.
Moat:
Palantir's primary moat lies in its highly integrated, end-to-end data operating system approach, particularly its ability to handle complex, disparate data sources and provide actionable intelligence for mission-critical operations, especially in government and highly regulated industries. Its proprietary ontology layer (Apollo) and focus on operational AI are key differentiators. The competitive landscape is fierce, with cloud providers (like AWS, Azure, GCP) offering modular services for 'build-your-own' solutions, specialized data/AI platforms (like Databricks, Snowflake, C3.ai) providing best-of-breed components, and traditional system integrators building custom solutions. Palantir's challenge is to consistently demonstrate that its integrated platform delivers superior value, faster time-to-insight, and lower total cost of ownership compared to assembling solutions from various vendors or building them in-house, while leveraging its strong government ties and unique security clearances as significant barriers to entry in that sector.
Income Statements:
Quarterly
Annual
    Unit: USD2025-09-30 2025-06-30 2025-03-31 2024-12-31 2024-09-30 2024-06-30 2024-03-31 2023-12-31 2023-09-30 2023-06-30 2023-03-31 2022-12-31 2022-09-30 2022-06-30 2022-03-31 2021-12-31 2021-09-30 2021-06-30 2021-03-31 2020-12-31 2020-09-30 
                         
      revenue
    1,181,092,000 1,003,697,000 883,855,000 827,519,000 725,516,000 678,134,000 634,338,000 608,350,000 558,159,000 533,317,000 525,186,000 508,624,000 477,880,000 473,010,000 446,357,000 432,867,000 392,146,000 375,642,000 341,234,000 322,091,000 289,366,000 
      yoy
    62.79% 48.01% 39.34% 36.03% 29.98% 27.15% 20.78% 19.61% 16.80% 12.75% 17.66% 17.50% 21.86% 25.92% 30.81% 34.39% 35.52%     
      qoq
    17.67% 13.56% 6.81% 14.06% 6.99% 6.90% 4.27% 8.99% 4.66% 1.55% 3.26% 6.43% 1.03% 5.97% 3.12% 10.38% 4.39% 10.08% 5.94% 11.31%  
      cost of revenue
    207,307,000 192,934,000 172,970,000 174,533,000 146,639,000 128,562,000 116,256,000 108,639,000 107,922,000 106,899,000 107,645,000 104,311,000 107,611,000 102,224,000 94,403,000 87,563,000 86,804,000 90,926,000 74,111,000 70,503,000 149,340,000 
      gross profit
    973,785,000 810,763,000 710,885,000 652,986,000 578,877,000 549,572,000 518,082,000 499,711,000 450,237,000 426,418,000 417,541,000 404,313,000 370,269,000 370,786,000 351,954,000 345,304,000 305,342,000 284,716,000 267,123,000 251,588,000 140,026,000 
      yoy
    68.22% 47.53% 37.21% 30.67% 28.57% 28.88% 24.08% 23.60% 21.60% 15.00% 18.64% 17.09% 21.26% 30.23% 31.76% 37.25% 118.06%     
      qoq
    20.11% 14.05% 8.87% 12.80% 5.33% 6.08% 3.68% 10.99% 5.59% 2.13% 3.27% 9.19% -0.14% 5.35% 1.93% 13.09% 7.24% 6.59% 6.17% 79.67%  
      gross margin %
    82.45% 80.78% 80.43% 78.91% 79.79% 81.04% 81.67% 82.14% 80.66% 79.96% 79.50% 79.49% 77.48% 78.39% 78.85% 79.77% 77.86% 75.79% 78.28% 78.11% 48.39% 
      operating expenses:
                         
      sales and marketing
    274,636,000 243,788,000 236,309,000 288,295,000 209,474,000 196,809,000 193,177,000 197,363,000 176,373,000 184,163,000 187,093,000 190,233,000 182,918,000 168,875,000 160,485,000 162,593,000 153,443,000 162,379,000 136,097,000 147,619,000 334,911,000 
      research and development
    144,191,000 135,043,000 134,889,000 171,502,000 117,555,000 108,781,000 110,040,000 109,283,000 105,708,000 99,533,000 90,100,000 82,044,000 100,863,000 88,171,000 88,601,000 84,176,000 94,316,000 110,524,000 98,471,000 94,130,000 313,915,000 
      general and administrative
    161,702,000 162,615,000 163,639,000 182,146,000 138,708,000 138,643,000 133,984,000 127,271,000 128,173,000 132,648,000 136,233,000 149,862,000 148,679,000 155,485,000 142,307,000 157,478,000 149,524,000 157,961,000 146,569,000 166,411,000 338,977,000 
      total operating expenses
    580,529,000 541,446,000 534,837,000 641,943,000 465,737,000 444,233,000 437,201,000 433,917,000 410,254,000 416,344,000 413,426,000 422,139,000 432,460,000 412,531,000 391,393,000 404,247,000 397,283,000 430,864,000 381,137,000 408,160,000 987,803,000 
      income from operations
    393,256,000 269,317,000 176,048,000 11,043,000 113,140,000 105,339,000 80,881,000 65,794,000 39,983,000 10,074,000 4,115,000 -17,826,000 -62,191,000 -41,745,000 -39,439,000 -58,943,000 -91,941,000 -146,148,000 -114,014,000 -156,572,000 -847,777,000 
      yoy
    247.58% 155.67% 117.66% -83.22% 182.97% 945.65% 1865.52% -469.09% -164.29% -124.13% -110.43% -69.76% -32.36% -71.44% -65.41% -62.35% -89.16%     
      qoq
    46.02% 52.98% 1494.20% -90.24% 7.41% 30.24% 22.93% 64.55% 296.89% 144.81% -123.08% -71.34% 48.98% 5.85% -33.09% -35.89% -37.09% 28.18% -27.18% -81.53%  
      operating margin %
    33.30% 26.83% 19.92% 1.33% 15.59% 15.53% 12.75% 10.82% 7.16% 1.89% 0.78% -3.50% -13.01% -8.83% -8.84% -13.62% -23.45% -38.91% -33.41% -48.61% -292.98% 
      interest income
    59,762,000 56,255,000 50,441,000 54,727,000 52,120,000 46,593,000 43,352,000 44,545,000 36,864,000 30,310,000 20,853,000 12,750,000 5,540,000 1,472,000 547,000 480,000 379,000 372,000 376,000 368,000 494,000 
      other income
    27,483,000 6,596,000 -3,173,000 14,768,000 -8,110,000 -11,173,000 -13,507,000 -3,956,000 3,864,000 -9,024,000 -2,861,000 44,637,000 -65,046,000 -135,798,000 -59,870,000 -64,118,000 -8,528,000 2,125,000 -4,894,000 2,082,000 -3,293,000 
      income before provision for income taxes
    480,501,000 332,168,000 223,316,000 80,538,000 157,150,000 140,759,000 110,726,000 106,247,000 79,969,000 30,043,000 20,832,000 37,849,000 -122,779,000 -176,741,000 -99,356,000 -123,182,000 -100,699,000 -144,241,000 -120,372,000 -155,936,000 -861,862,000 
      provision for income taxes
    3,753,000 3,596,000 5,599,000 3,602,000 7,809,000 5,189,000 4,655,000 9,334,000 6,530,000 2,171,000 1,681,000 4,360,000 1,096,000 2,588,000 2,023,000 33,006,000 1,438,000 -5,661,000 3,102,000 -7,593,000 -8,543,000 
      net income
    476,748,000 328,572,000 217,717,000 76,936,000 149,341,000 135,570,000 106,071,000 96,913,000 73,439,000 27,872,000 19,151,000 33,489,000 -123,875,000 -179,329,000 -101,379,000 -156,188,000 -102,137,000 -138,580,000 -123,474,000 -148,343,000 -853,319,000 
      yoy
    219.23% 142.36% 105.26% -20.61% 103.35% 386.40% 453.87% 189.39% -159.28% -115.54% -118.89% -121.44% 21.28% 29.40% -17.89% 5.29% -88.03%     
      qoq
    45.10% 50.92% 182.98% -48.48% 10.16% 27.81% 9.45% 31.96% 163.49% 45.54% -42.81% -127.03% -30.92% 76.89% -35.09% 52.92% -26.30% 12.23% -16.76% -82.62%  
      net income margin %
    40.37% 32.74% 24.63% 9.30% 20.58% 19.99% 16.72% 15.93% 13.16% 5.23% 3.65% 6.58% -25.92% -37.91% -22.71% -36.08% -26.05% -36.89% -36.18% -46.06% -294.89% 
      less: net income attributable to noncontrolling interests
    1,149,000 1,845,000 3,686,000 -2,073,000 5,816,000 1,444,000 541,000 3,522,000 1,934,000 -255,000 2,349,000           
      net income attributable to common stockholders
    475,599,000 326,727,000 214,031,000 79,009,000 143,525,000 134,126,000 105,530,000 93,391,000 71,505,000 28,127,000 16,802,000           
      earnings per share attributable to common stockholders, basic
    0.2 0.14                    
      earnings per share attributable to common stockholders, diluted
    0.18 0.13                    
      weighted-average shares of common stock outstanding used in computing earnings per share attributable to common stockholders, basic
    2,377,167 2,365,196                    
      weighted-average shares of common stock outstanding used in computing earnings per share attributable to common stockholders, diluted
    2,571,057 2,562,912                    
      net income per share
      0.09 0.04 0.06 0.06 0.05 0.05 0.03 0.01 0.01 0.02 -0.06 -0.09 -0.05 -0.08 -0.05 -0.07 -0.07 0.24 -0.94 
      net earnings per share attributable to common stockholders, diluted
      0.08 0.03 0.06 0.06 0.04 0.04 0.03 0.01 0.01           
      weighted-average shares of common stock outstanding used in computing net earnings per share attributable to common stockholders, basic
      2,348,679 2,250,163 2,250,032 2,231,592 2,213,545 2,147,446 2,162,530 2,131,224 2,107,780           
      weighted-average shares of common stock outstanding used in computing net earnings per share attributable to common stockholders, diluted
      2,552,818 2,450,818 2,459,589 2,414,696 2,400,107 2,297,927 2,325,600 2,278,155 2,217,439           
      interest expense
           -136,000 -742,000 -1,317,000 -1,275,000 -1,712,000 -1,082,000 -670,000 -594,000 -601,000 -609,000 -590,000 -1,840,000 -1,814,000 -2,085,000 
      weighted-average shares of common stock outstanding used in computing net loss per share attributable to common stockholders, basic
               2,063,793 2,073,265 2,054,799 2,036,307 1,923,617 1,964,395 1,894,606 1,821,158 977,721,736 905,462,010 
      weighted-average shares of common stock outstanding used in computing net loss per share attributable to common stockholders, diluted
               2,063,793 2,073,265 2,054,799 2,036,307 1,923,617 1,964,395 1,894,606 1,821,158 979,330,067 905,462,010 
      change in fair value of warrants
                        -9,201,000 
    Balance Sheets:
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      Unit: USD2025-09-30 2025-06-30 2025-03-31 2024-12-31 2024-09-30 2024-06-30 2024-03-31 2023-12-31 2023-09-30 2023-06-30 2023-03-31 2022-12-31 2022-09-30 2022-06-30 2022-03-31 2021-12-31 2021-09-30 2021-06-30 2021-03-31 2020-12-31 2020-09-30 
                           
        assets
                           
        current assets:
                           
        cash and cash equivalents
      1,615,967,000 929,547,000 993,464,000 2,098,524,000 768,710,000 512,659,000 520,388,000 831,047,000 1,040,310,000 1,055,923,000 1,264,738,000 2,598,540,000 2,411,290,000 2,358,393,000 2,269,411,000 2,290,674,000 2,335,068,000 2,341,156,000 2,339,437,000 2,011,323,000 1,800,190,000 
        marketable securities
      4,821,850,000 5,070,875,000 4,437,225,000 3,131,463,000 3,795,949,000 3,485,800,000 3,347,512,000 2,843,132,000 2,243,264,000 2,047,329,000 1,639,797,000 35,135,000 57,342,000 99,210,000 252,563,000 234,153,000 148,077,000     
        accounts receivable
      1,005,910,000 747,484,000 725,205,000 575,048,000 668,110,000 659,339,000 486,986,000 364,784,000 430,269,000 375,756,000 254,041,000 258,346,000 343,264,000 265,826,000 256,554,000 190,923,000 174,405,000 242,998,000 151,400,000 156,932,000 162,269,000 
        prepaid expenses and other current assets
      142,429,000 142,487,000 126,705,000 129,254,000 119,193,000 115,712,000 81,178,000 99,655,000 95,554,000 97,906,000 85,625,000 133,312,000 114,157,000 150,885,000 115,042,000 110,872,000 112,624,000 41,648,000 61,755,000 51,889,000 388,165,000 
        total current assets
      7,586,156,000 6,890,393,000 6,282,599,000 5,934,289,000 5,351,962,000 4,773,510,000 4,436,064,000 4,138,618,000 3,809,397,000 3,576,914,000 3,256,147,000 3,041,577,000 2,946,610,000 2,902,439,000 2,927,374,000 2,863,250,000 2,811,490,000 2,662,552,000 2,589,698,000 2,257,429,000 2,394,424,000 
        property and equipment
      45,706,000 43,523,000 39,669,000 39,638,000 40,345,000 43,483,000 46,906,000 47,758,000 50,133,000 54,097,000 63,115,000 69,170,000 57,822,000 47,644,000 41,866,000 31,304,000 28,778,000 24,824,000 27,378,000 29,541,000 29,369,000 
        operating lease right-of-use assets
      204,315,000 203,474,000 209,348,000 200,740,000 211,570,000 213,453,000 173,707,000 182,863,000 190,191,000 199,661,000 210,019,000 200,240,000 199,359,000 211,410,000 224,888,000 216,898,000 220,846,000 209,243,000 213,331,000 217,075,000  
        other assets
      277,783,000 228,298,000 205,301,000 166,217,000 164,220,000 161,434,000 150,402,000 153,186,000 143,696,000 149,592,000 141,762,000 137,701,000 94,142,000 92,198,000 95,829,000 96,386,000 116,422,000 117,135,000 111,845,000 106,921,000 93,576,000 
        total assets
      8,113,960,000 7,365,688,000 6,736,917,000 6,340,884,000 5,768,097,000 5,191,880,000 4,807,079,000 4,522,425,000 4,193,417,000 3,980,264,000 3,683,138,000 3,461,239,000 3,318,835,000 3,282,338,000 3,319,179,000 3,247,450,000 3,224,327,000 3,075,668,000 3,014,185,000 2,690,504,000 2,603,712,000 
        liabilities and equity
                           
        current liabilities:
                           
        accounts payable
      67,503,000 10,774,000 2,330,000 103,000 27,021,000 67,345,000 35,634,000 12,122,000 9,475,000 4,613,000 4,530,000 44,788,000 59,507,000 56,798,000 27,454,000 74,907,000 17,654,000 30,914,000 17,234,000 16,358,000 22,221,000 
        accrued liabilities
      381,737,000 393,623,000 371,061,000 427,046,000 265,244,000 195,489,000 206,034,000 222,991,000 174,753,000 184,617,000 174,525,000 172,715,000 164,697,000 187,568,000 150,176,000 155,806,000 179,467,000 166,252,000 181,603,000 158,546,000 466,999,000 
        deferred revenue
      316,722,000 376,784,000 318,556,000 259,624,000 236,608,000 278,441,000 237,195,000 246,901,000 223,507,000 260,335,000 229,551,000 183,350,000 189,771,000 219,441,000 218,521,000 227,816,000 208,100,000 194,511,000 186,498,000 189,520,000 172,066,000 
        customer deposits
      368,170,000 262,994,000 231,077,000 265,252,000 366,946,000 221,519,000 217,634,000 209,828,000 228,986,000 183,964,000 139,741,000 141,989,000 234,142,000 161,026,000 232,908,000 161,605,000 232,707,000 257,747,000 250,181,000 210,320,000 280,901,000 
        operating lease liabilities
      46,271,000 45,465,000 44,419,000 43,993,000 47,637,000 44,125,000 54,056,000 54,176,000 52,204,000 51,855,000 53,066,000 45,099,000 40,233,000 40,909,000 40,045,000 39,927,000 43,581,000 33,162,000 32,110,000 29,079,000  
        total current liabilities
      1,180,403,000 1,089,640,000 967,443,000 996,018,000 943,456,000 806,919,000 750,553,000 746,018,000 688,925,000 685,384,000 601,413,000 587,941,000 688,350,000 665,742,000 669,104,000 660,061,000 681,509,000 682,586,000 667,626,000 603,823,000 942,187,000 
        deferred revenue, noncurrent
      43,901,000 44,638,000 36,372,000 39,885,000 7,825,000 15,649,000 20,722,000 28,047,000 34,880,000 50,408,000 54,400,000 9,965,000 31,383,000 34,143,000 33,244,000 40,217,000 26,723,000 40,518,000 44,998,000 50,525,000 67,064,000 
        customer deposits, noncurrent
      1,570,000 1,491,000 1,463,000 1,663,000 3,681,000 1,527,000 1,651,000 1,477,000 2,234,000 3,099,000 4,162,000 3,936,000 5,533,000 15,412,000 22,276,000 33,699,000 42,734,000 62,732,000 70,768,000 81,513,000 102,231,000 
        operating lease liabilities, noncurrent
      189,165,000 192,347,000 200,177,000 195,226,000 207,278,000 214,334,000 163,013,000 175,216,000 184,067,000 194,134,000 206,422,000 204,305,000 204,903,000 216,059,000 227,617,000 220,146,000 219,646,000 216,630,000 222,429,000 229,800,000  
        other noncurrent liabilities
      10,652,000 12,008,000 12,489,000 13,685,000 14,495,000 15,645,000 9,968,000 10,702,000 11,414,000 12,101,000 13,548,000 12,655,000 2,051,000 2,158,000 2,192,000 2,297,000 5,659,000 4,239,000 4,236,000 4,316,000 42,724,000 
        total liabilities
      1,425,691,000 1,340,124,000 1,217,944,000 1,246,477,000 1,176,735,000 1,054,074,000 945,907,000 961,460,000 921,520,000 945,126,000 879,945,000 818,802,000 932,220,000 933,514,000 954,433,000 956,420,000 976,271,000 1,006,705,000 1,208,242,000 1,167,954,000 1,351,959,000 
        commitments and contingencies
                           
        palantir's stockholders’ equity:
                           
        common stock
      2,383,000 2,372,000 2,360,000 2,339,000 2,270,000 2,238,000 2,227,000 2,200,000 2,174,000 2,149,000 2,117,000 2,099,000 2,080,000 2,063,000 2,046,000 2,027,000 1,991,000 1,937,000 1,860,000 1,792,000 1,727,000 
        additional paid-in capital
      10,747,603,000 10,568,473,000 10,398,181,000 10,193,970,000 9,757,380,000 9,463,178,000 9,322,803,000 9,122,173,000 8,938,050,000 8,773,043,000 8,568,570,000 8,427,998,000 8,284,686,000 8,119,876,000 7,953,856,000 7,777,085,000 7,577,305,000 7,294,369,000 6,892,046,000 6,488,857,000 6,065,869,000 
        accumulated other comprehensive income
      11,537,000 4,721,000 -2,994,000 -5,611,000 4,925,000 -4,935,000 -5,720,000 801,000          65,000 865,000  1,168,000 
        accumulated deficit
      -4,171,066,000 -4,646,665,000 -4,973,392,000 -5,187,423,000 -5,266,432,000 -5,409,957,000 -5,544,083,000 -5,649,613,000 -5,743,004,000 -5,814,509,000 -5,842,636,000 -5,859,438,000 -5,890,316,000 -5,766,441,000 -5,587,112,000 -5,485,733,000 -5,329,545,000 -5,227,408,000 -5,088,828,000 -4,965,354,000 -4,817,011,000 
        total stockholders’ equity
      6,590,457,000 5,928,901,000 5,424,155,000 5,003,275,000 4,498,143,000 4,050,524,000 3,775,227,000 3,475,561,000 3,190,015,000 2,955,474,000 2,723,733,000 2,565,326,000 2,386,615,000 2,348,824,000 2,364,746,000 2,291,030,000 2,248,056,000 2,068,963,000 1,805,943,000 1,522,550,000 1,251,753,000 
        noncontrolling interests
      97,812,000 96,663,000 94,818,000 91,132,000 93,219,000 87,282,000 85,945,000 85,404,000 81,882,000 79,664,000 79,460,000 77,111,000          
        total equity
      6,688,269,000 6,025,564,000 5,518,973,000 5,094,407,000 4,591,362,000 4,137,806,000 3,861,172,000 3,560,965,000 3,271,897,000 3,035,138,000 2,803,193,000 2,642,437,000          
        total liabilities and equity
      8,113,960,000 7,365,688,000 6,736,917,000 6,340,884,000 5,768,097,000 5,191,880,000 4,807,079,000 4,522,425,000 4,193,417,000 3,980,264,000 3,683,138,000 3,461,239,000 3,318,835,000 3,282,338,000 3,319,179,000 3,247,450,000 3,224,327,000 3,075,668,000 3,014,185,000   
        stockholders’ equity:
                           
        liabilities and stockholders' equity
                           
        accumulated other comprehensive loss
              -7,205,000 -5,209,000 -4,318,000 -5,333,000 -9,835,000 -6,674,000 -4,044,000 -2,349,000 -1,695,000   -2,745,000  
        restricted cash
                11,946,000 16,244,000 20,557,000 28,125,000 33,804,000 36,628,000 41,316,000 36,750,000 37,106,000 37,285,000 43,800,000 
        restricted cash, noncurrent
                12,095,000 12,551,000 20,902,000 28,647,000 29,222,000 39,612,000 46,791,000 61,914,000 71,933,000 79,538,000 86,343,000 
        liabilities and stockholders’ equity
                           
        debt, noncurrent
                        198,185,000 197,977,000 197,753,000 
        preferred stock, 0.001 par value: 2,000,000 shares authorized and 0 shares issued and outstanding as of december 31, 2021 and 2020
                           
        preferred stock, par value 0.001: 2,000,000 shares authorized and 0 issued and outstanding as of september 30, 2021 and december 31, 2020
                           
        preferred stock, par value 0.001: 2,000,000 shares authorized and 0 issued and outstanding as of june 30, 2021 and december 31, 2020
                           
        preferred stock, par value 0.001: 2,000,000 shares authorized and 0 issued and outstanding as of march 31, 2021 and december 31, 2020
                           
        liabilities, redeemable convertible and convertible preferred stock, and stockholders’ equity
                           
        redeemable convertible preferred stock
                           
        convertible preferred stock, 0.001 par value: 0 and 877,442,966 shares authorized as of december 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively; 0 and 742,839,990 shares issued and outstanding as of december 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively
                           
        stockholders’ equity
                           
        preferred stock, 0.001 par value: 2,000,000,000 and 0 shares authorized, issued and outstanding as of december 31, 2020 and 2019
                           
        treasury stock
                           
        total liabilities, redeemable convertible and convertible preferred stock, and stockholders’ equity
                         2,690,504,000 2,603,712,000 
        convertible preferred stock, 0.001 par value: 0 and 877,442,966 shares authorized as of september 30, 2020 and december 31, 2019, respectively; 0 and 742,839,990 shares issued and outstanding as of september 30, 2020 and december 31, 2019, respectively; aggregate liquidation preference of 0 and 2,102,556 as of september 30, 2020 and december 31, 2019, respectively
                           
        preferred stock, par value 0.001: 2,000,000,000 and 0 shares authorized as of september 30, 2020 and december 31, 2019, respectively; 0 shares issued and outstanding as of september 30, 2020 and december 31, 2019
                           
      Cashflow Statements:
      Quarterly
      Annual
        Unit: USD2025-09-30 2025-06-30 2025-03-31 2024-12-31 2024-09-30 2024-06-30 2024-03-31 2023-12-31 2023-09-30 2023-06-30 2023-03-31 2022-12-31 2022-09-30 2022-06-30 2022-03-31 2021-12-31 2021-09-30 2021-06-30 2021-03-31 2020-12-31 
                            
          operating activities
                            
          net income
        476,748,000 328,572,000 217,717,000 76,936,000 149,341,000 135,570,000 106,071,000 96,913,000 73,439,000 27,872,000 19,151,000          
          adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash from operating activities:
                            
          depreciation and amortization
        5,975,000 6,530,000 6,622,000 7,006,000 8,087,000 8,056,000 8,438,000 7,972,000 8,663,000 8,399,000 8,320,000 7,373,000 5,942,000 4,895,000 4,312,000 3,840,000 3,058,000 4,762,000 3,237,000 3,563,000 
          stock-based compensation
        172,318,000 159,971,000 155,339,000 281,798,000 142,425,000 141,764,000 125,651,000 132,608,000 114,380,000 114,201,000 114,714,000 129,398,000 140,308,000 145,769,000 149,323,000 166,907,000 184,835,000 232,742,000 193,731,000 241,788,000 
          unrealized and realized loss from marketable securities
        5,457,000 -11,140,000 10,688,000 -6,715,000 5,979,000 7,688,000 12,354,000 1,350,000 732,000 2,570,000 8,508,000 11,388,000 59,379,000 138,498,000 62,843,000      
          noncash consideration
        -7,612,000 -7,128,000 -17,313,000 -17,732,000 -8,305,000 -14,577,000 -11,907,000 -11,757,000 -14,686,000            
          other operating activities
        -10,700,000 23,002,000 3,531,000 5,680,000 30,203,000 -4,314,000 -6,774,000 -16,121,000 4,489,000 -6,475,000 -11,342,000 4,333,000 6,022,000 -927,000 -2,751,000 -354,000 2,516,000 -211,000 771,000  
          changes in operating assets and liabilities:
                            
          accounts receivable
        -259,476,000 -28,542,000 -134,959,000 100,542,000 -13,388,000 -176,427,000 -121,884,000 53,593,000 -46,089,000 -113,035,000 -628,000 77,072,000 -78,852,000 -9,872,000 -65,867,000 -19,825,000 68,471,000 -88,363,000 4,480,000 4,247,000 
          prepaid expenses and other assets
        57,650,000 -48,037,000 40,730,000                  
          accounts payable and accrued liabilities
        42,380,000 25,807,000 22,395,000                  
          contract liabilities
        39,488,000 101,906,000 18,760,000                  
          other liabilities
        -14,564,000 -11,690,000 -13,247,000                  
          net cash from operating activities
        507,664,000 539,251,000 310,263,000 460,327,000 419,772,000 144,187,000 129,579,000 301,172,000 133,443,000 90,192,000 187,376,000 78,763,000 47,066,000 62,431,000 35,477,000 93,427,000 100,793,000 22,750,000 116,881,000 -18,288,000 
          capital expenditures
        -6,792,000 -7,634,000 -6,184,000 -3,106,000 -3,985,000 -2,879,000 -2,664,000 -4,860,000 -1,565,000 -3,934,000 -4,755,000 -4,918,000 -14,436,000 -5,458,000 -15,215,000 -5,844,000 -5,378,000 -697,000 -708,000 -4,761,000 
          free cash flows
        500,872,000 531,617,000 304,079,000 457,221,000 415,787,000 141,308,000 126,915,000 296,312,000 131,878,000 86,258,000 182,621,000 73,845,000 32,630,000 56,973,000 20,262,000 87,583,000 95,415,000 22,053,000 116,173,000 -23,049,000 
          investing activities
                            
          purchases of property and equipment
        -6,792,000 -7,634,000 -6,184,000 -3,106,000 -3,985,000 -2,879,000 -2,664,000 -4,860,000 -1,565,000 -3,934,000 -4,755,000 -4,918,000 -14,436,000 -5,458,000 -15,215,000 -5,844,000 -5,378,000 -697,000 -708,000 -4,761,000 
          purchases of marketable securities
        -3,515,282,000 -871,511,000 -1,704,720,000 -1,977,214,000 -1,634,584,000 -523,788,000 -1,260,327,000 -844,736,000 -1,854,731,000 -626,572,000 -2,310,367,000 -35,000,000 -89,500,000 -153,000,000     
          proceeds from sales and redemption of marketable securities
        3,707,565,000 302,135,000 350,627,000 2,622,129,000 1,317,843,000 381,789,000 751,746,000 280,370,000 1,660,032,000 239,407,000 709,459,000          
          purchases of privately-held securities
        -2,924,000                    
          other investing activities
          -30,000,000 -1,615,000           -20,000     
          net cash from investing activities
        181,567,000 -617,010,000 -1,390,277,000 640,194,000 -320,726,000 -148,878,000 -511,245,000 -569,226,000 -196,264,000 -391,099,000 -1,554,591,000 73,081,000 -27,344,000 5,304,000 -96,468,000 -181,873,000 -214,634,000 -697,000 -708,000 -4,945,000 
          financing activities
                            
          proceeds from the exercise of common stock options
        25,638,000 28,617,000 66,584,000 475,189,000 170,337,000 16,030,000 83,840,000 51,409,000 50,556,000 90,349,000 25,924,000 13,981,000 24,567,000 20,316,000 27,225,000 32,772,000 97,995,000 167,828,000 208,860,000 219,356,000 
          repurchases of common stock
        -19,195,000 -18,596,000 -17,998,000 -18,598,000 -18,899,000 -17,699,000 -9,000,000              
          taxes paid related to net share settlement of equity awards
        -3,544,000 -77,573,000                  
          other financing activities
        -8,000 -27,000 90,000 353,000 -11,000 -306,000 408,000 -177,000 384,000 335,000 59,000 176,000 -576,000 291,000 16,000 -307,000 1,343,000 762,000 -2,506,000 -247,000 
          net cash from financing activities
        6,435,000 6,450,000 -28,897,000 238,664,000 151,427,000 -1,975,000 75,248,000 51,232,000 50,940,000 90,684,000 25,983,000 14,157,000 23,991,000 20,607,000 27,241,000 32,465,000 99,338,000 -31,410,000 206,354,000 219,109,000 
          effect of foreign exchange on cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash
        -2,074,000 7,538,000 3,980,000 -7,705,000 5,908,000 -924,000 -4,024,000 5,043,000 -258,000 -4,531,000 2,676,000 8,585,000 -6,129,000 -5,614,000 -727,000 -280,000 -2,142,000 701,000 -2,197,000 1,937,000 
          net decrease in cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash
        693,592,000 -63,771,000 -1,104,931,000    -310,442,000   -214,754,000 -1,338,556,000          
          cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash - beginning of period
        2,119,936,000 850,107,000 2,627,335,000 2,366,914,000 2,128,146,000  
          cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash - end of period
        693,592,000 -63,771,000 1,015,005,000 1,331,480,000 256,381,000 -7,590,000 539,665,000 -211,779,000 -12,139,000 -214,754,000 1,288,779,000 174,586,000 37,584,000 82,728,000 2,332,437,000 -56,261,000 -16,645,000 -8,656,000 2,448,476,000  
          noncash operating lease expense
           9,198,000 9,602,000 10,073,000 12,366,000 12,209,000 12,086,000 11,888,000 10,836,000          
          changes in operating assets and liabilities, net of effect of acquisitions:
                            
          prepaid expenses and other current assets
           26,749,000 -16,773,000 -22,173,000 19,399,000 -6,122,000 -1,166,000 -882,000 1,973,000 -20,217,000 30,571,000 -32,031,000 -4,320,000 -3,057,000 -20,642,000 22,523,000 -9,753,000 -2,131,000 
          other assets
           625,000 -1,515,000 2,046,000 3,525,000 1,301,000 5,426,000 1,066,000 -4,551,000 -4,457,000 2,403,000 5,196,000 2,891,000 4,810,000 1,367,000 -4,657,000 -4,865,000 -14,798,000 
          accounts payable
           -26,551,000 -45,662,000 29,563,000 23,809,000 555,000 6,670,000 864,000 -39,921,000 -14,694,000 4,820,000 27,419,000 -47,404,000 56,609,000 -13,431,000 14,538,000 51,000 -5,309,000 
          accrued liabilities
           73,485,000 72,697,000 -11,443,000 -19,105,000 50,343,000 -11,228,000 9,509,000 4,271,000 6,355,000 -29,678,000 34,184,000 -5,334,000 -5,115,000 11,290,000 -35,418,000 44,488,000 4,871,000 
          deferred revenue, current and noncurrent
           49,473,000 -48,580,000 36,265,000 -14,802,000 15,048,000 -51,404,000 27,195,000 88,673,000 -16,242,000 -33,231,000 4,654,000 -16,335,000 28,513,000 -102,000 8,273,000 -11,952,000 32,000 
          customer deposits, current and noncurrent
           -105,017,000 147,651,000 3,853,000 7,953,000 -19,925,000 44,128,000 42,256,000 -2,112,000 -93,734,000 63,577,000 -79,136,000 59,822,000 -88,717,000 -44,895,000 7,843,000 20,825,000 -90,711,000 
          operating lease liabilities, current and noncurrent
           -13,761,000 -11,427,000 -8,296,000 -15,482,000 -11,863,000 -12,164,000 -15,067,000 -10,536,000 -7,153,000 -10,106,000 -6,943,000 -10,388,000 -9,370,000 -6,991,000 -8,663,000 -7,132,000  
          other noncurrent liabilities
           -1,389,000 -563,000 6,539,000 -33,000 -126,000 167,000 -3,000 20,000 122,000 -81,000 -39,000 -75,000 -4,419,000    -3,566,000 
          net increase in cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash
               -211,779,000    174,586,000 37,584,000 82,728,000 -34,477,000 -56,261,000 -16,645,000 -8,656,000 320,330,000 197,813,000 
          supplemental disclosures of cash flow information
                            
          cash paid for income taxes
                  4,992,000  -106,000 715,000 659,000  163,000 2,547,000 878,000  
          noncash investing and financing activities
                            
          accrued taxes related to net share settlement of equity awards
                            
          proceeds from sales of alternative investments
               51,072,000          
          deferred income taxes
                   -143,000 -17,000 -11,000 -3,000      
          gain from step acquisition
                            
          business combinations, net of cash acquired
                            
          purchases of alternative investments
                           
          principal payments on borrowings
                         
          cash paid for interest
                    3,000 2,000  393,000 719,000 1,662,000  
          net loss
                   33,489,000 -123,875,000 -179,329,000 -101,379,000 -156,188,000 -102,137,000 -138,580,000 -123,474,000 -148,343,000 
          adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash from operating activities:
                            
          non-cash operating lease expense
                   10,179,000 9,884,000 10,104,000 10,142,000 10,404,000 8,982,000 7,958,000 6,477,000  
          proceeds from the issuance of common stock, net of issuance costs
                           
          proceeds from issuance of debt, net of borrowing costs
                            
          proceeds from sales of marketable securities
                    17,473,000 10,762,000 8,247,000      
          proceeds from redemption of marketable securities
                            
          impairment of assets held for sale
                            
          purchases of equity method investments
                            
          return of capital from equity method investment
                            
          proceeds from issuance of debt, net of issuance costs
                           
          repurchase of common stock
                           
          proceeds from the sale of redeemable convertible preferred stock
                            
          redemption of redeemable convertible preferred stock
                            
          repurchase of convertible preferred stock
                            
          unrealized loss from marketable securities
                            
          supplemental disclosures of cash flow information:
                            
          supplemental disclosures of non-cash investing and financing information:
                            
          conversion of redeemable convertible and convertible preferred stock to common stock
                            
          receivable from the exercise of common stock options included in prepaid expenses and other current assets
                            
          conversion of convertible preferred stock warrants to common stock warrants
                            
          cashless net exercise of warrants for convertible preferred stock
                            
          change in fair value of warrants
                           
          proceeds from the sale of assets held for sale
                            
          common stock issuance costs included in accounts payable and accrued liabilities
                            
          impairment of assets
                           
          operating lease liability, current and noncurrent
                            
          deferred rent
                            
          purchase of assets held for sale
                            
          purchase of equity method investment
                           -434,000 
          cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash—beginning of period
                            
          cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash—end of period
                            
          amortization of debt issuance costs
                            
          loss from equity method investments