Palantir Files for Direct Listing With Tech IPOs Surging
- Data-mining giant files for NYSE listing under ticker PLTR
- Peter Thiel-backed company has courted controversy in the past
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Palantir Technologies Inc., the data-mining company backed by tech billionaire Peter Thiel, broke years of suspense by filing to go public through a direct listing.
The Denver-based company applied to list on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker PLTR, according to its filing Tuesday with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.