Palantir Technologies Inc. - Class A Common Stock (PLTR)

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As geopolitical risk lifts Palantir shares, aerospace, defense and AI-focused ETFs are seeing renewed attention.

Shares of data analytics company Palantir Technologies (NASDAQ:PLTR) jumped 6.9% in the afternoon session after investor appetite for defense-linked artificial intelligence companies grew amid escalating geopolitical tensions in the Middle East. 

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Wall Street traded firmly higher at midday in New York on Monday, reversing overnight futures losses as investors brushed aside escalating tensions in the Middle East.

Defense plays are soaring today, but Palantir stock got another boost, too.

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Palantir stock climbed on Monday as defense stocks rallied amid the U.S.-Iran war. With the gain, Palantir moved above its 21-day exponential average.

As of March 2, 2026, Palantir Technologies (NYSE: PLTR) has evolved from a secretive Silicon Valley data firm into the definitive "AI Operating System" for the Western world. Once viewed with skepticism by Wall Street due to its heavy reliance on government defense contracts and a complex "black box" business model, the company has spent [...]

Palantir jumps 4% premarket as Trump sharpens defense rhetoric, but a confirmed death cross and 18% YTD drop temper bullish momentum.

Shares of Palantir Technologies Inc. (PLTR) were jumping in premarket trading Monday, as the ongoing U.S.-Iran military conflict renewed investor appetite for defense-linked artificial intelligence companies.

Wall Street was impressed by Palantir's most recent financial report, so much so that many analysts have dramatically increased their forward earnings estimates.

‘Big Short' investor Michael Burry said the Trump administration's six-month phase-out of Anthropic's Claude AI — despite blacklisting it as a supply-chain risk under Donald Trump — shows how deeply embedded the model was in Pentagon systems via Palantir Technologies, even as OpenAI, led by Sam Altman, secured a new classified defense deal.

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The government uses Claude, as well as AI technologies from Google and OpenAI, among others, in a secure framework provided by Palantir.

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