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The AI-sovereignty glow-up
Palantir kicked off the quarter by basically saying, “What if the AI boom were also a money machine?” For Q2 2026, the company reported U.S. commercial revenue growth of 149% year over year and overall revenue growth of 93%. That’s not a typo; that’s the kind of growth rate that makes even jaded Wall Street folks sit up straighter in their chairs.
Guidance: also spicy
Management didn’t stop at the headline beat. It raised full-year 2026 revenue guidance to 82% growth and U.S. commercial revenue guidance to 134% growth. In plain English: Palantir is telling investors the demand party isn’t over yet — and the catering bill is getting bigger.
- U.S. commercial is still the star of the show, which matters because that’s the part of the business that can keep scaling without depending entirely on government contracts.
- The company’s AI pitch is increasingly turning into actual contract value, which is the difference between a cool demo and a business model.
- Crushing consensus expectations usually gives the stock a tailwind, especially when the story is already wrapped in AI fairy dust.
Why investors should care
Palantir has long been one of those stocks where the debate is half software, half religion. This quarter gives the bulls more ammo: fast growth, raised guidance, and a message that customers are apparently willing to pay up for control, data security, and AI-powered decision-making. The bears still have valuation worries, of course — because they always do — but the business is clearly running hot.
Big picture: Palantir is trying to graduate from “expensive AI darling” to “expensive AI darling with receipts.” And so far, the receipts are piling up.