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6 hours ago
Palantir Selected by Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office (CDAO) to Participate in Scaling Data Analytics and AI Capabilities Across the Department of Defense in Support of CJADC2 Strategy
Business Wire
Thu, May 30, 2024, 4:00 PM EDT
DENVER, May 30, 2024--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Palantir Technologies Inc. (NYSE: PLTR) today announced that the Department of Defense Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office (CDAO) awarded its subsidiary, Palantir USG, Inc., a production contract to make licenses of their AI-enabled operating system available across the Department of Defense. Starting with an initial order of $153 million to support certain Combatant Commands and the Joint Staff, additional awards can be made up to $480 million over a 5-year period.
Additionally, CDAO has awarded Palantir a prototype Other Transaction (OT) for $33 million to rapidly and securely onboard third-party vendor and government capabilities into the government-owned, Palantir-operated data environment to meet priority Combatant Command digital needs.
"These awards represent a vital step in warfighter adoption of AI, moving cutting-edge technology from experiment to enterprise production," said Shannon Clark, Head of Defense Growth, Palantir. "We are proud to support the CDAO, enabling commanders to make better, faster decisions across all domains at unprecedented scale."
Palantir’s commercial solutions will be part of the larger CJADC2 ecosystem integrating with other vendors and programs to support battlespace awareness, global integration, contested logistics, joint fires, and targeting workflows. Users will benefit from the current data integrations created as a result of Palantir’s work on fielding AI/ML tools for the warfighter over the last several years.
"In this era of geopolitical competition, the CDAO has become an essential leader in bringing operational CJADC2 capabilities to life through the agile, effective, and responsible deployment of AI/ML," said Akash Jain, President of Palantir USG. "Palantir is honored to continue supporting the CDAO’s mission to develop, field, and scale AI-enabled solutions that advance U.S. defense, and we look forward to working alongside America’s warfighters to ensure these efforts are effective where they matter most – in the field and in the hands of decision-makers at all echelons."
Additionally, government operators and third-party vendors will be able to build data integrations, pipelines, and applications within the platform or on other platforms through open APIs and Ontology Software Development Kits (OSDKs). Palantir’s open infrastructure provides organic use for flexible and rapid response at speed while maintaining the secure collaboration needed to ensure access controls and data protection.
This work follows Palantir’s long-standing partnership with CDAO to support the Global Information Dominance Experiment (GIDE) events, and the development of proven, real-world applications for advanced technologies.
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JJ8
3 weeks ago
CORRECTED-UPDATE 3-Palantir raises 2024 forecast on robust AI demand, but falls short of lofty expectations
7:32 PM ET, 05/06/2024 - Reuters
(Corrects the number of analysts polled in paragraph 3 to 17, not four)
By Arsheeya Bajwa
May 6 (Reuters) - Data analytics firm Palantir Technologies raised its annual revenue forecast on Monday, riding on strong demand for its services that help businesses deploy artificial intelligence applications.
However, its shares fell more than 7% in after-hours trading as the raised revenue forecast was below analysts' expectations.
The company, co-founded by billionaire Peter Thiel, raised the mid-point of its expectations for annual revenue to $2.68 billion, which fell short of an average estimate of 17 analysts of $2.71 billion, according to LSEG data.
"(The share reaction was) probably a result of investors expecting a far greater beat and raise versus what Palantir delivered," said Morningstar analyst Malik Ahmed Khan.
Palantir has benefited from the generative AI boom thanks to its artificial intelligence platform (AIP), which, among other uses, tests and debugs code and helps evaluate AI-related scenarios.
"AIP is driving a huge part of both our new customers and growth within existing customers, and it's having a huge impact on our business," chief revenue officer Ryan Taylor told Reuters.
Taylor said businesses were signing "seven-figure deals shortly" after completing its AI boot camps, which give potential clients access to its platform for up to five days and have been credited with driving rapid customer additions.
Palantir reported first-quarter revenue of $634.3 million which beat analyst expectations and its largest quarterly profit, according to a CEO letter.
Much of the focus has been on the company's attempts to diversify its revenue to reduce its reliance on government spending. Palantir works closely with governments, providing software for visualizing army positions, among other things.
Revenue growth in the U.S. commercial business, which accounts for sales to businesses in the country, slowed to 40% year-over-year in the first quarter, compared to 70% in the prior quarter.
This deceleration was never going to be received well, said RBC Capital Markets analyst Rishi Jaluria.
The Denver, Colarado-based company, however, raised its 2024 U.S. commercial revenue forecast to above $661 million from its earlier expectations of about $640 million.
(Reporting by Arsheeya Bajwa in Bengaluru; Editing by Tasim Zahid)
DiscoverGold
4 weeks ago
Palantir Technologies (PLTR) Stock Poised For a Big Move This Week
By: Schaeffer's Investment Research | May 6, 2024
• PLTR received a price-target hike before earnings tonight, and could be in store for more
• Palantir reports earnings tonight and has a history of outsized post-report moves
Palantir Technologies Inc (NYSE:PLTR) stock is up 6.5% to trade at $24.85 at last check, thanks to a price-target hike to $23 from $20 at Citigroup. The bull note comes ahead of the software company's first-quarter earnings report, due out after the market closes today.
PLTR is 43.8% higher in 2024, and is trading at its highest level in over a month today. The shares are not far off their March 4 nearly three-year high of $27.50, and have support in place at their upward-sloping 80-day moving average. Year-over-year, the equity is up 234%.
A big chunk of those gains are attributed to post-earnings bull gaps. Palantir has a volatile history of post-earnings reactions, gapping higher by 30.8% after the February report, but also shedding 10.5% after its August report. Overall, the stock averages a post-earnings move of 17.2%, regardless of direction. This time around, for Tuesday's trading, the options market is pricing in a larger-than-expected post-earnings move of 21.4%.
For a stock with all these healthy gains over various timeframes, the analyst community has been awfully slow to react. Of the 14 brokerages covering PLTR, 11 still maintain "hold" or worse ratings. And considering the consensus 12-month price target of $20.87 is a 15.7% discount from the stock's current perch, another encouraging earnings report could prompt more bull notes this week.
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