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Another government win
Palantir’s latest flex is a $300 million deal with the USDA. That’s not pocket change, even for a company that likes to talk in giant, empire-building numbers.
Why investors should care
For Palantir, deals like this are the whole game: land a big federal contract, prove the software is sticky, then keep racking up wins until the spreadsheet starts looking like a sci-fi sequel. It also adds more fuel to the bull case that the company’s government side can keep humming while the market argues about valuation.
The vibe check
This is less “one-off headline” and more “another brick in the wall.” If the contract is broad and durable, it can help smooth out the lumpy drama that often comes with growth stocks. And yes, $300 million with a government agency is the kind of thing that tends to make investors sit up straighter.
Big picture: Palantir keeps doing the thing it does best — turning federal bureaucracy into a revenue engine with a very expensive software wrapper.