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Submission declined on 12 July 2026 by ChrysGalley (talk). This draft's references do not show that the subject meets Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion for organizations and companies. The draft requires multiple published secondary sources that:
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Comment: Please do not remove past AfC decline templates. These are left for future reviewers so that they can review your draft and check that any prior concerns have been addressed. Removing these templates can make it more difficult for your draft to be accepted. Thank you. —ClaudineChionh (she/her · talk · email) 12:30, 12 July 2026 (UTC)
- Comment: For companies the critical factor is corporate depth, as opposed to corporate trivia. Have a look at WP:NCORP and the two sections below, and you will see that funding matters are examples of trivia. At least three of the sources are unreliable (press releases). It is a tricky hurdle, very few companies make it over. ChrysGalley (talk) 11:00, 12 July 2026 (UTC)
| Type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Software, Govtech |
| Founded | 2018 |
| Founders | Nick Noone Ben Rudolph |
| Headquarters | San Francisco, California , United States |
Key people | Nick Noone (CEO) Ben Rudolph (CTO) |
| Products | Data integration and analytics platform |
Number of employees | 450+ (2026) |
Peregrine Technologies is an American software company based in San Francisco, California, that develops a data integration platform used by law enforcement, emergency management and other government agencies. The company was founded in 2018 by Nick Noone and Ben Rudolph.[1][2] As of June 2026, the company was valued at $6.8 billion following a Series D funding round.[1]
History
editNoone and Rudolph met as members of the Stanford University men's gymnastics team.[1] Noone previously worked at Palantir Technologies, where he led the company's U.S. Special Operations business unit.[1] Rudolph had worked on data infrastructure for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and at the health technology company Dimagi.[1]
The pair approached the police chief of San Pablo, California, in 2018 and spent roughly two years embedded within the department's investigations unit, where they built what became Peregrine's platform.[3] Revenue grew from about $3 million in 2022 to $10 million in 2023, according to Noone.[3]
Public safety agencies used Peregrine's platform during Super Bowl LIX in New Orleans in February 2025.[4] By mid-2026, the company said its platform was being used for security coordination in eight of the eleven host cities of the 2026 FIFA World Cup.[1]
Product
editPeregrine's platform integrates data that public safety and government agencies already hold, including police records, 911 logs, permit databases, sensor feeds and emergency management systems, into a searchable system with role-based access controls and audit logging.[1] The company has said its software does not use facial recognition and does not create or collect new data beyond what customer agencies already possess.[1] Beyond public safety, Peregrine has also piloted its platform with customers in healthcare, logistics and financial services.[3]
Funding
editPeregrine has raised several private funding rounds, most recently a Series D round in June 2026 that valued the company at $6.8 billion; investors have included Sequoia Capital.[1]
Reception
editPeregrine has drawn scrutiny over its ties to Palantir Technologies, where founder Nick Noone previously led work on a 2014 U.S. military operation to identify ISIS members in Syria; Noone has said Palantir alumni make up about a quarter of Peregrine's staff.[5] Beryl Lipton, a senior investigative researcher at the Electronic Frontier Foundation, has said the growth of low-cost "Real-Time Crime Centers" built on platforms like Peregrine's has made surveillance feeds more accessible to police departments that previously found them cost-prohibitive, and that such centers can enable predictive policing, which has been criticized for disproportionately targeting poorer, non-white neighborhoods.[5] Peregrine has hired Adam Klein, a former chairman of the U.S. Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board, as an advisor on privacy practices; the company has said its software does not use facial recognition and includes audit logging and access controls that require a case number to look up license-plate data.[5]
In January 2026, a proposed $517,000 contract between the Durham, North Carolina police department and Peregrine to build a "Real Time Crime Center" prompted a contentious city council debate.[6] Durham police chief Patrice Andrews defended the contract, saying Peregrine does not own police department data or use it to train its models, while several residents and some council members raised concerns about surveillance, predictive policing, and the company's Palantir connections.[6]
References
edit- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Staff (June 22, 2026). "Exclusive: The AI company powering public safety operations for the 2026 World Cup just raised $250 million". Fortune. Retrieved July 12, 2026.
- ↑ "Law Enforcement Startup Peregrine Hits $2.5B Valuation Mark". Crunchbase News. March 4, 2025. Retrieved July 12, 2026.
- 1 2 3 Peregrine Business Breakdown & Founding Story (Report). Contrary Research. August 21, 2025. Retrieved July 12, 2026.
- ↑ "Peregrine Technologies raises $190M Series C led by Sequoia Capital at $2.5 billion valuation". Police1. March 2025. Retrieved July 12, 2026.
- 1 2 3 Brewster, Thomas (August 13, 2024). "How A Former Palantir Exec Built A Google-Like Surveillance Tool For The Police". Forbes. Retrieved July 12, 2026.
- 1 2 "Residents slam police software contract, citing data privacy concerns". 9th Street Journal. January 29, 2026. Retrieved July 12, 2026.