Palantir reports booming U.S. commercial revenue growth, topping government for first time

Alex Karp, chief executive officer of Palantir Technologies, speaks to members of the media while arriving for a meeting on artificial intelligence with tech executives at the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2026. Aaron Schwartz | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesPalantir beat Wall Street's third-quarter estimates after the bell on Monday, with U.S. commercial revenue topping government for the first time as businesses adopt more of the company's artificial intelligence tools.Here's how the company did compared to LSEG estimates:Earnings per share: 44 cents adjusted vs. 41 cents expected Revenue: $2.31 billion vs. $2.18 billion expectedRevenue nearly doubled from a year ago and blew past $2 billion for the first time ever, Palantir said. Net income more than doubled to $1.13 billion, or 44 cents per share, from about $476 million, or 18 cents per share.Palantir has long been known for its strength in the government sector, but its commercial segment caught up in Q3.U.S. commercial revenue jumped 148% to $984 million, surpassing U.S. government revenue of $953 million, which was up 96%. The company's U.S. commercial revenue has more than quintupled over the last two years.Read more CNBC tech newsHumans are still doing the work behind some AI agentsOpenAI pares fundraising goal, now seeking up to $20 billion in latest roundBinance resumes withdrawals following $6.3 billion hack, says 90% of stolen user assets are coveredWhy AI is boosting Meta’s ad business while hurting Google searchPalantir lifted its guidance, saying it now expects U.S. commercial revenue "in excess of" $3.56 billion for the full year. Last quarter, the company boosted its forecast to $3.42 billion. The company projects about $2.65 billion in revenue for the fourth quarter and about $8.53 billion for full-year 2026.CEO Alex Karp has been a vocal critic of leading AI labs, which he told CNBC earlier this year are forcing businesses to sell their data sovereignty.In September, Karp joined major tech CEOs at the White House as calls for regulation mounted following claims from AI researchers that the technology has a more than 10% of killing humanity."The main issue that you have and I have is we have to take responsibility for the dangers we're aware of," he told CNBC at the time outside the White House. "All of us do. And by the way, American people don't want separate rules for tech people and for themselves."Stock Chart IconStock chart iconPalantir stock chart.