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Palantir’s shares rose to a record high, as Peter Thiela’s analysis company reported the results of the forecasts, raised its appearance in 2025 and projected a decline from the Federal Government of Prime Minister Donald Trump.
Executive Director Alex Karp said on Monday to analysts that the work of billionaire Elon Musk and the reduction of the “G headquartered in the US from government contracts.
“The disorder at the end of the day reveals things that are not doing. There will be ups and downs, “Karp continued.” This is a revolution. Some will cut off their heads. . . We expect to see really unexpected things and win. “
Karp comments come because Musk shows signs that they manage significant power, including reports Doga has gained access Inspect a huge US Treasury Payment System.
Palantir The shares closed on Monday at a record peak of $ 83.74 ahead of the publication of the results. They worked on a further 22.8 percent in the store after working hours after the company based in Denver said it would expect to generate between $ 3.74 billion and $ 3.76 billion in 2025, above the 3 -year forecast in the amount of 3 , $ 54 billion.
The shares, joined by the S&P 500 in September, increased 340 percent in 2024 and was the best performer in the Wall Street Reference Index.
Palantir should benefit from Trump’s second term in power, and the president signaled that he will increase consumption about national security, space and immigration. Ever since the Republican President’s election victory in November, market capitalization has increased by more than $ 70 billion to $ 190 billion on Monday.
They launched in 2003 by a technological entrepreneur, including Thiel, its chairman and Karp, Palantir delivers software to governments and companies to slow down, analyze and produce intelligence from large data sets. Thiel is a significant donor to the Republican causes.
The revenues of the Palants jumped 36 percent compared to a year earlier on the forecast that, in the fourth quarter, which in the fourth quarter, helped the 45 percent jump in the US government’s revenue. The net revenue has dropped to $ 79 million, the blade is $ 132 million in compensation costs based on shares.
The company took increasing interest in Silicon Valley to work in defense and made in partnership With the Anduril Industries weapon manufacturer last year, he said he would disrupt the Oligopol of the “main” country performer.
Palantir also signed a contract with Amazon Web Services and Start-up with artificial intelligence in November to allow US intelligence and defense agencies to access its Claude Chatbot.
The partnership was ahead of the publication of the last month of the Chinese model Deepseek R1, which launched a market sale and caused concern about the ditches over the large language models of major American technological companies. The US Navy and Pentagon blocked access to security bases.
Shyam Sankar, Chief Technology Director of Palants, said Deepseek’s achievement indicates that the models are becoming more comfortable, but also indicated that they were “in war with China”.
“We’re in the AI weapon race,” he said.
