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Two significant government contract wins in the past week (Golden Dome + Bain partnership) reinforce Palantir's position at the intersection of defense AI and enterprise software. With renewed institutional interest in defense-tech AI, PLTR is a high-profile name heading into Q1 earnings season.
All eyes on the **April 14 Commerce/USTR tariff update** — this is a binary macro event for NVDA given its China revenue exposure. Any signal of a broader tariff expansion (or exemption for US-built AI infrastructure) could be a sharp catalyst in either direction. Despite current weakness, analyst PTs imply 45–50% upside from current levels.
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