{
  "id": 129252,
  "title": "Alex Karp rings the alarm for salespeople, saying Palantir's teams crushed earnings with a 'miniscule and shrinking' head count",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/04/alex-karp-rings-the-alarm-for-salespeople-saying-palantirs-teams",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-08-04T11:22:30.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Business Insider",
    "slug": "business-insider",
    "url": "https://www.businessinsider.com/alex-karp-palantir-crushed-earnings-shrinking-sales-team-2026-8"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Palantir CEO Alex Karp has praised the company's sales team, describing it as \"miniscule and shrinking\" while attributing the company's substantial profits to this small workforce. Despite the shrinking sales team, Palantir added nearly 500 employees in total in 2025. Karp highlighted the company's explosive growth, particularly in its US commercial business, which grew by 28% quarter-over-quarter. Palantir reported $1.9 billion in global revenue and $1.1 billion in profit for the quarter, marking a 93% year-over-year increase in revenue and a 28% quarter-over-quarter increase. The US commercial revenue reached a record $764 million, a 149% year-over-year jump, and 28% growth from the previous quarter. Karp emphasized that Palantir achieved these results with a smaller sales head count, challenging conventional business practices.",
  "summary": "\"We have discarded conventional wisdom in favor of our own,\" CEO Karp said of Palantir's best-ever quarter.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 4,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Guardian Business",
        "title": "‘This quarter was otherworldly’: Palantir earnings surge past expectations",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/03/this-quarter-was-otherworldly-palantir-earnings-surge-past",
        "published": "2026-08-03T23:09:20.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Fortune",
        "title": "Palantir CEO Alex Karp celebrates 93% revenue growth as stock soars after blockbuster earnings: ‘For the first time people believe us’",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/04/palantir-ceo-alex-karp-celebrates-93-revenue-growth-as-stock-soars",
        "published": "2026-08-04T00:04:28.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Forbes",
        "title": "Palantir CEO Alex Karp Surges 67 Places In Forbes Billionaire Ranks As Stock Skyrockets 30%",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/04/palantir-ceo-alex-karp-surges-67-places-in-forbes-billionaire-ranks",
        "published": "2026-08-04T18:29:14.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}