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Palantir's Revenue Grows 93% as Investors Punish AI Spending
Palantir is a company that makes computer software.
Many big companies want to use artificial intelligence, a kind of smart computer program.
But they need help connecting their own information to the AI.
Palantir sells that help.
In the second part of 2026, Palantir made almost two billion dollars in three months.
That is almost twice as much as the year before.
At the same time, some investors worried that spending on AI might not be worth it.
The value of big computer-chip companies dropped a lot.
Palantir grew because real businesses paid for its AI tools.
Some people still worry that buying Palantir stock is too expensive.
Palantir reported second-quarter 2026 revenue of $1.94 billion, up 93% year-on-year.
US commercial revenue surged 149% to $764 million, the standout growth figure.
The company raised its full-year 2026 guidance to $8.15 billion.
More than $1.3 trillion was erased from the largest semiconductor companies in the same period as investors questioned AI infrastructure spending.
Unlike AI labs that sell tokens and models, Palantir sells software connecting organizations' existing data to AI systems for decision-making.
- Who
- Palantir, a software company that began as a government and defence contractor and has expanded into commercial enterprise
- What
- Reported second-quarter 2026 revenue of $1.94 billion, up 93% year-on-year, and raised full-year guidance to $8.15 billion
- Where
- United States, where revenue rose 115% and US commercial revenue grew 149% to $764 million
- When
- Second quarter of 2026
- Why
- Because Palantir sells AI deployment software that connects existing data to AI systems, and enterprises are paying for AI outcomes while investors question AI infrastructure spending
AI Spending Skeptics
AI Deployment Believers
Is AI spending worth it?
AI Spending Skeptics
Investors erased more than $1.3 trillion from the largest semiconductor companies, questioning whether AI infrastructure spending will produce adequate returns; Meta's shares fell around 10% on free cash flow down 91%, and Alphabet fell despite a revenue beat.
AI Deployment Believers
Enterprises are actually paying for AI outcomes: Palantir's US commercial revenue rose 149%, the clearest evidence that AI deployment, not just building capability, is generating demand.
Palantir's valuation
AI Spending Skeptics
Palantir's valuation has long embedded expectations of exactly this kind of growth, so the results validate the price rather than reset it and leave little room for a slower quarter; its government and defence business is exposed to procurement cycles and political change.
AI Deployment Believers
The record growth validates the price, and the 149% US commercial growth matters most for the long-run thesis because it is the part least dependent on government budgets.
Key facts
- Q2 2026 revenue
- $1.94 billion
- Year-on-year revenue growth
- 93%
- US revenue
- $1.573 billion, up 115%
- US commercial revenue
- $764 million, up 149%
- Full-year 2026 guidance
- $8.15 billion
- Semiconductor market value erased
- Over $1.3 trillion in the same period
- Meta free cash flow decline
- Down 91%, with shares falling about 10%
- Government and defence concentration
- Substantial and durable, but exposed to procurement cycles and political change
Sources
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