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Palantir (PLTR) shares are up more than 6% on Thursday, April 24 after the big data analytics firm teamed up with Google (GOOGL) to integrate its cloud infrastructure into its FedStart initiative.
According to Leigh Palmer, a vice president at Google, the strategic alliance will bring highly secure and compliant software services to the federal government agencies.