Cathie Wood’s 5 Biggest AI and Data Center Stock Picks

2. Palantir Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ:PLTR)

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Geopolitical conflicts, rising military budgets and the evolution of modern warfare back the bull case for Palantir Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ:PLTR). The company has positioned itself as a full-stack AI platform for warfare, where data, intelligence, and decision-making are tightly integrated into one system. Palantir Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ:PLTR) has become a one-stop shop for governments for defense needs. Its Foundry acts as the data backbone, pulling in information from many sources and organizing it into usable models for analysis. Gotham is the operational layer, combining intelligence streams into a real-time battlefield picture and turning data into mission planning and execution. Apollo handles continuous software delivery for systems to be updated even in disconnected or remote environments. The Artificial Intelligence Platform (AIP)  enables AI-driven decision-making across the entire stack.

The results are clear. Before AI integration, human analysts could identify around 100 targets per day, with decision cycles taking 24–72 hours. With AI systems like Maven and Palantir Technologies Inc’s (NASDAQ:PLTR) stack, target capacity increased dramatically to 1,000 targets per day, then up to 5,000 targets per day with more advanced language models. Future iterations are expected to reach around 1,000 targets per hour.

GMO stated the following regarding Palantir Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ:PLTR) in its fourth quarter 2025 investor letter:

“The other eight U.S. Information Technology stocks that we held short delivered an average performance of more than 63%. Palantir Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ:PLTR), which was the single biggest detractor from absolute returns at the total portfolio level, was up a spectacular 135% for the year and is, somewhat bewilderingly, trading at a price/sales ratio well in excess of 100. Indeed, one of the reasons we remain excited about the Equity Dislocation Strategy is that there are plenty of stocks that continue to surf a wave of speculative excess.”