Palantir exceeded high expectations with growth accelerating from 60% to 70%+, which is remarkable compared to other software companies growing 20-30% and decelerating.
Do you agree Palantir is in a category of one?
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Gil Luria
Absolutely. Palantir has unique combination: absolute ownership of customer data, army of forward-deployed engineers, direct CEO relationships, strong mission. They actually solve AI implementation problems where others haven't.
Investors concerned about >50% revenue from government - overexposure?
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Gil Luria
Commercial business growing much faster than government (which grew 66%). Within few quarters, commercial will be bigger than government.
Explain Palantir's Rule of 40 score of 127% - what does that mean?
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Gil Luria
Rule of 40 balances revenue growth and profitability. Palantir growing faster than any software company at higher margin than any maker - more profitable than Microsoft, Adobe, Oracle, Salesforce while growing 3-4x faster.
Is 137% commercial revenue growth a one-quarter phenomenon or sustainable shift?
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Gil Luria
We think it'll continue - expected 20%, then 30%, then 40%, then 50%, then 60%, now 70%. May be higher next quarter. Customer acquisition becomes no-brainer when results are delivered.
Political risk long-term? Seen as Trump trade, shares elements with administration.
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Gil Luria
Risk exists due to ideological alignment with current administration's defense of Western civilization mission. Different president in 3 years with different ideology could pose risk.
Thoughts on Elon merging SpaceX with XAI?
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Gil Luria
We see it as Elon Inc. - unified principles/goals. Capital demands substantial for AI data centers. SpaceX best positioned to raise capital now. End game is one Elon Inc., merging into Tesla eventually.
So SpaceX is the value to raise money, then fold into Tesla for Elon Inc.?
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Gil Luria
Yes. SpaceX most valuable property - nobody does what they do for decades. Tesla stock well-priced considering car business declining, focus on self-driving and robots.