Palantir's 93% revenue surge puts enterprise AI's first-mover gap on the map
Against the backdrop of a widening regulatory divide between the United States and Europe, enterprise data analytics firm Palantir Technologies (NASDAQ: PLTR) posted second-quarter revenue growth of 93%, a result that sent the…
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