Last week:

• Palantir signed a deal with the US Army to deliver 8 TITAN vehicles.

“As prime, Palantir oversees manufacturing and delivery across the full system and provides the software that powers the capability. TITAN integrates subsystems, technologies, and software from a team of traditional and non-traditional partners, including Anduril Industries, L3Harris Technologies, Sierra Nevada Corporation, Strategic Technology Consulting, and World Wide Technology.” - Palantir press release

• Palantir and PwC expanded their partnership to scale enterprise AI.

“The alliance will initially focus on three priority transformation areas: scaling enterprise AI, transforming mergers and acquisitions, and modernizing enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems.” - Palantir press release

• Peter Zaffino, former AIG CEO, joined Palantir as the Global Head of Financial Services. As a reminder, AIG is a key Palantir client in the financial sector. Zaffino definitely loves Palantir!

• Palantir’s CEO Alex Karp invested in a new defense company being built by Fedorov Mykhailo, former Ukraine Minister of Defense.

• Alex Karp spoke at the G20:

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Last week:

• Palantir organized a 2nd Sovereignty Bootcamp in less than a month with ~100 attendees. Customer speakers included NVIDIA, Novartis, Cisco, NATO, McCarthy Building Companies, Ondas Sentinel, Rackspace Technology, and others.

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Last week:

• Palantir reported insane Q2 numbers:

  • +115% YoY Revenue Growth;

  • +149% YoY US Commercial Revenue Growth;

  • 62% EBIT Adj. Margin (+16% YoY);

  • 157% Net Dollar Retention;

  • +156% YoY GAAP EPS.

• Palantir stock spiked 30% after earnings and closed the week at $172.

• Palantir partnered with USA Today to “build a common intelligence layer” and improve monetization.

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• Palantir had its first Sovereignty Bootcamp with +150 customers:

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Palantir’s recent contractual activity was intense.

Here are the contracts you need to know before the Q2 results (Monday 3rd, August, after market close):

• $500mn Kirkland & Ellis Partner partnership expansion;

• $300mn Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) with the Dep. of Agriculture;

• McCharty multi-year, multi-million-dollar strategic partnership;

• Dell and Nvidia partnership for On-Premises AI Os;

• Nvidia strategic partnership for Nemotron open models on sovereign AI;

• Zeta Global strategic partnership;

• GNP Seguros multi-year, multi-million-dollar expansion;

• Google Cloud partnership to facilitate integration between platforms;

• Thomas Cavanagh Construction Limited 11-year expansion;

• SAP partnership expansion for AI-supported data migration tool;

• Ukraine Partnership for Reconstruction expansion;

• Sole contract for FAALC sole contract for AI integration;

• NGC2 Data Layer Foundational Role secured;

• Surf Air Mobility partnership expansion.

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Last week:

• PirateWires wrote an article on the peculiar story of Eliano Younes, the “head of vibes” who made the merch store return in the most stylish way:

“So the quality has to represent the people and the software that is Palantir. It’s like we have world-class software, so it needs to be world-class soft-wear.” - Eliano Younes, Head of Strategic Engagement

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• Palantir announced it will release its Q2 earnings results on the 3rd August, following the market close.

• Palantir and SNP partnered to accelerate SAP transformations. SNP, based in Germany, serves +3,000 customers globally with digital transformation projects.

• Palantir signed an expansion with GNP Seguros, the largest insurer in Mexico and part of the prominent Grupo BAL consortium (23,000 employees).

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• Palantir expanded its partnership with SurfAir to commercialize SurfOS, including OperatorOS, OwnerOS, and SurfOS Enterprise Solutions products. SurfOS is built on Palantir’s AIP and Foundry to bring modern software to the private aviation and air mobility industries.

“With Foundry and AIP powering SurfOS, we see a clear opportunity to build and define the central operating system for the future of aviation and air mobility, and our expanded commitment reflects our conviction in Surf Air Mobility and the opportunity ahead.” - Ted Mabrey, Palantir Global Head of Commercial.

• Palantir acquired a 7.4% stake in SurfAir.

• Palantir deepened its partnership with Nvidia to manage Nvidia AI and Nemotron open models in sovereign environments. The focus is on US government agencies and US critical infrastructure.

“Customers will own self-improving models specific to their mission. The intelligent engine collects and stores user telemetry and trace data, then uses that data to post-train and align the model to areas where AI can add the most value. With this feedback loop, the model continually improves at supporting specific operational tasks.” - Palantir press release

“Combining Palantir infrastructure with NVIDIA’s AI and Nemotron models will allow the U.S. government to unleash the full power of LLMs while removing the underlying security risks and rational concerns around proprietary insights migrating into the weights of closed models.” Alex Karp, Palantir CEO

• Palantir Maven System achieved full Operational Capability on NATO’s classified network.

• Karp released an interview with CNBC:

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• Palantir secured a contract with the US Army for the Next Generation Command and Control common data layer baseline. NGC2 is the highest-priority modernization program, built on Palantir's Foundry as the cloud data layer and Anduril's Lattice as the tactical data layer.

“Palantir is committed to help power a diverse NGC2 ecosystem spanning commercial software, government solutions, and Soldier-built applications. We are pleased to continue to work alongside Anduril, Lockheed Martin, and a broad community of traditional and non-traditional defense performers contributing to the Army’s vision for NGC2.” - Palantir press release

• Palantir announced a strategic partnership with Zeta to develop an AI infrastructure layer that integrates customer and operational intelligence and marketing execution across enterprises.

"Bringing together containerized architecture and AI in the context of marketing will transform this industry." - Alex Karp, Palantir CEO

• Palantir signed a contract with the Japanese Self-Defense Forces to integrate Maven Smart Systems.

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• CEO Alex Karp was interviewed by CNBC:

• Louis Mosley, Head of Palantir UK, was also interviewed:

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• Palantir held its 10th edition of AIPCon:

• Palantir and Kirkland & Ellis Partner deepened their partnership by launching a $500mn proprietary enterprise platform for private equity fundraising.

“Unlike off-the-shelf legal AI tools, this platform is built around Kirkland’s own institutional knowledge, workflows, tradecraft, and judgment.” - Palantir press release

• Palantir signed a multi-year, multi-million-dollar strategic partnership with McCharty to enhance AI in construction.

“Through this partnership, McCarthy is accelerating its technology ambition and deploying an AI operating system for their entire construction operations, from design through job site execution.” - Tristan Gruska, Palantir’s Head of Energy and Infrastructure

• Palantir announced a partnership with Google Cloud to enable first-class integration between Google Cloud platforms and make Palantir available on Google Cloud Marketplace.

• Palantir and GNP Seguros signed a multi-year, multi-million-dollar expansion to deploy Foundry and AIP across all business lines. GNP, one of Mexico’s oldest and largest insurance companies, is the first publicly announced Mexican client.

“This enterprise agreement now expands that deployment across GNP's full portfolio of insurance products — including health, life, auto, and damage insurance — bringing Palantir's AI capabilities to bear across the entirety of GNP's operations.” - Palantir press release

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• Palantir extended its partnership with Thomas Cavanagh Construction Limited for 11 years. Cavanagh’s new subsidiary, Cavtera, will commercialize its Foundry-powered solutions and support Palantir implementations across the construction industry in North America and beyond. Essentially, the client becomes a Palantir seller!

"In just one year, we have replaced multiple software platforms. Rather than investing time and capital into complex API integrations which would yield limited results, we rebuilt critical workflows directly within Foundry -- faster, more securely, and with significantly higher impact."- Jim Orban, COO of Cavanagh Group

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• Palantir and Dell announced an On-Premises AI Operating System in collaboration with Nvidia:

“The real bottleneck isn’t the model. It’s the operating environment” - Dell press release

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• Palantir and SAP expanded their relationship with an AI-supported data migration tool.

• CEO Alex Karp met with Ukrainian Government leaders.

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Last week:

• Palantir dropped insane Q1 results:

  • +85% YoY Revenue growth;

  • +133% YoY US Commercial Revenue;

  • 60% EBIT Adj. Margin;

  • +31% YOY clients;

  • 150% Net Dollar Retention;

  • Raised 2026 guidance to 71% growth and 58% EBIT Adj. Margin.

• Bloomberg reported that Palantir missed estimates on US Commercial. It seems journalists just missed the call:

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Last weekend, I had the pleasure of joining the 3rd edition (sold out!) of the AI Monaco Conference, organized by my close friend Leonardo Fabbri at the Yacht Club de Monaco.

It was a great experience to listen to how different players deal with the opportunities and challenges in AI. Among the companies presenting were Crisis24, a Palantir client, and Foxtrot, a Palantir consultancy!

“Data is everywhere, judgment is not” Havant’s CEO said.

The next giants will be the companies that help companies deploy AI agents to unlock superior judgment at scale.

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Last week:

• Palantir hosted the first APAC Summit in Seoul.

• Sainath Palla, Founder of Analyticore, dropped a deep article rejecting Michael Burry’s “Anthropic is eating Palantir’s lunch” thesis:

“The difference is subtle at first, but it shows up quickly in production. A model can suggest what to do next. The system still has to carry that suggestion forward, through context, approval, execution, and into an outcome.

Intelligence without structure remains suggestion.

It is similar to having the fastest car. Speed matters, but it is not sufficient on its own. You still need roads, traffic systems, constraints, and a way to get from one point to another reliably. Without that, speed does not translate into movement at scale.

Enterprise systems behave in a similar way. The model can generate the next step. The system still has to carry it forward.” - Sainath Palla, Founder of Analyticore

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