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BigBear.ai vs. Palantir: Products, Profits, and the Meme-Stock Mirage
Ok, so BigBear.ai is up 100% in the last 3 months and has been trending lately, with retail traders online calling it “the next Palantir.” But is that all hype or can this insane rise in the stock price continue higher? Today we’re comparing BigBear.ai and Palantir side by side — their products, their customers, and the money behind the story.
In just 30 seconds, I’ll show you why BigBear’s recent run has people calling it the next Palantir, and what BigBear must actually accomplish if it wants to sustain those gains and not just be another short-lived meme spike.
What Do They Actually Sell?
Palantir Technologies (ticker PLTR): Three core platforms define the business: Gotham, which serves government and intelligence agencies; Foundry, which supports commercial data and operations; and Apollo, which provides secure software deployment at scale. Palantir ingests messy data such as text, sensors, and images, fuses it, and turns it into decisions and actions across an organization.
BigBear.ai (ticker BBAI): Positions itself as a decision intelligence provider. Key…

