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Booming demand for Palantir’s AI solutions is restoring confidence in the company
Updated Aug. 7, 2026, 4:54 p.m. ET
Palantir CEO Alex Karp called the company’s second-quarter results “anomalously strong” earlier this week — and Wall Street seems to agree.
Shares of Palantir PLTR were up more than 10% in Friday’s trading, with the stock posting a nearly 40% weekly gain — its best weekly performance since November 2024, according to Dow Jones Market Data. That previous record was also the result of a postearnings surge, after the company showed monetization of its Artificial Intelligence Platform.

