TLDR
- Palantir CEO Alex Karp confirmed the company’s AI technology is being used in the Middle East conflict
- Project Maven, Palantir’s real-time AI surveillance platform, was described as a potential “core backbone” of a reported U.S.-Israel operation targeting Iran’s Supreme Leader
- Iran targeted three Amazon data centers in the Middle East last week, highlighting digital infrastructure as a war target
- Palantir’s U.S. commercial revenue jumped 137% in Q4 to $507 million
- PLTR stock is up 12% this month while the Nasdaq is down roughly 1.6%
Palantir CEO Alex Karp spoke at the company’s AIPcon 9 event in Maryland on Thursday, saying that AI is giving the U.S. and its allies a strategic edge in the escalating Middle East conflict.
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“What makes America special right now is our lethal capabilities, our ability to fight war,” Karp told CNBC. He added that “the AI revolution is uniquely American.”
Karp pointed to Palantir’s platform as the only product capable of coordinating intelligence data across allied nations in real time.
“If you were attacked and you needed to coordinate, you would have to have a coordinating function,” he said. “There’s only one product that can actually do that for security.”
Karp was speaking in the context of recent Iranian airstrikes on U.S. and Middle Eastern partners.
He alluded to Palantir’s ability to link combat data between the U.S. and regional allies that were hit.
Project Maven in Focus
Project Maven is Palantir’s real-time AI surveillance platform that uses satellite imagery analysis. The platform was previously linked to the capture of Venezuela’s President Nicolás Maduro, according to the Wall Street Journal.
Karp declined to confirm whether Maven was used in a reported joint U.S.-Israel military operation that killed Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei two weeks ago.
“I have read that Palantir’s Project Maven is the core backbone of that,” Karp said, speaking broadly about U.S. involvement in the Middle East.
He also noted that Arab and non-Arab allies across the region “may or may not be users of our platform as well, and that’s expanding rapidly.”
The comments came days after Iran targeted three Amazon data centers in the Middle East. Karp said the attacks show how war has moved beyond traditional military assets.
“They’re evil, they’re not stupid,” Karp said of Iran. “They are interested in the things they can’t produce.”
U.S. data centers are increasingly viewed as national security assets.
Commercial Business Surges
While the defense side has been drawing attention, Palantir’s commercial operations are also growing fast.
U.S. commercial revenue jumped 137% in Q4 to $507 million.
Palantir posted total Q4 revenue of $1.41 billion, beating analyst expectations of $1.33 billion.
Adjusted earnings came in at 25 cents per share, topping the 23-cent forecast.
PLTR stock is up 12% so far this month. The Nasdaq is down roughly 1.6% over the same period.
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