Lord Tom Watson, the former Labour Party deputy leader, is now a senior vice president at Palantir Technologies (PLTR). The hire says a lot about where the U.S. data analytics and artificial intelligence (AI) company wants to go next: Deeper into the U.K. government, and deeper into the public conversation about what a company like Palantir should be allowed to do with public data.
What's going on with PLTR stock in light of the recent hire news? Let's take a closer look.