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Palantir vs Anduril: different books, same decade
Government platforms first. Commercial AIP growing. Bootcamps sell the next seat. Defense contracts. Hardware plus Lattice. The buyer is a government.
Palantir leads on Government (55%). Anduril leads on Defense programs (88%). The seat follows the slice that pays.
The mix
Hover a slice
- Government55%—
- Commercial45%—
- Defense programs—88%
- Lattice / other—12%
- PalantirAnduril
Government platforms first. Commercial AIP growing. Bootcamps sell the next seat.
Pays: Defense and civilian agencies. Enterprises on AIP.
Builds: FDE, platform, and the people who turn a demo into a contract.
Defense contracts. Hardware plus Lattice. The buyer is a government.
Pays: DoD and allied ministries.
Builds: Hardware, autonomy, and forward-deployed engineers.
The seat
Do not treat Palantir and Anduril as one market. FDE, platform, and the people who turn a demo into a contract. That is not Hardware, autonomy, and forward-deployed engineers. Name the book before the interview.