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Palantir Drops 10% on Report of Pentagon Slashing Budget

by taimurkazmi on 2/20/25, 2:45 AM with 79 comments

  • by mekpro on 2/20/25, 3:45 AM

    Still a big bubble considered that the price go up 244% compared to 6 months ago.
  • by oa335 on 2/20/25, 4:22 AM

    How much is this movement also a reaction to the news about the CEO changing his plan to sell his shares in PLTR?

    https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/palantir-plt...

  • by readthenotes1 on 2/20/25, 3:10 AM

    It is kind of funny to me that the lede is about Palontir instead of the absolutely stunning call by a Republican for the DoD to reduce budget by 8%.
  • by ggm on 2/20/25, 4:35 AM

    This isn't the thing the pentagon or any strategic intelligence agency is going to cut longterm. Much though it grieves me, I'd say any contract cuts will be short lived because they want the Intel.
  • by nycdatasci on 2/20/25, 4:27 AM

    Maybe also relevant, Karp is a seller at the current valuation: https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/palantir-plt...
  • by createaccount99 on 2/21/25, 9:21 AM

    I wish this fake cold war ended already
  • by theGnuMe on 2/20/25, 12:13 PM

    They will cut the DoD budget now but just bring it back in 6months due to some incident.
  • by throwaway5752 on 2/20/25, 3:01 AM

    This shows how naive and unprepared the market and general public in the US is for blatant political corruption. This is a Thiel company. The administration will double down on Palantir because their cofounder and chair helped fund the current administration's election. Just like how they will benefit Musk's companies.