Palantir (PLTR) Partners With Divergent to Expand On-Demand Manufacturing via Warp Speed
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Palantir customers in defense and commercial sectors will gain access to Divergent's Adaptive Production System, or DAPS, which uses artificial intelligence-driven design, additive manufacturing, and robotic assembly to produce complex parts faster and at lower cost.
The collaboration is intended to help customers identify and resolve supply chain vulnerabilities in real time by manufacturing critical parts directly within Palantir's platform.
Divergent CEO Lukas Czinger said the integration enables Palantir customers to identify and solve production shortages and new product developments on unmatched timelines. Palantir Chief Technology Officer Shyam Sankar called DAPS a mind-bending example of advanced software meeting advanced manufacturing.
Palantir's Warp Speed is used to support U.S. on-shoring of industrial production. The company earlier this year added a second cohort of customers using the platform.
Investors may view this as a step toward increasing Palantir's footprint in the defense-tech ecosystem and strengthening its industrial applications.
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