Why it matters
It's the sharpest vendor attack yet on metered AI: Palantir argues that if the value were real, labs wouldn't bill by the token—reframing tokenmaxxing as a business model to escape, not just a spending habit to curb.
Tokenmaxxing read
Read the incentive: a manifesto telling you to own your weights and data is also an ad for Palantir's air-gapped stack (it just cleared NATO's classified network). The tell that it's more than spin—corporate AI bills keep rising even while per-token prices drop.
Source takeaway
The Next Web's twist: the same 'sovereignty' logic now boomerangs on Palantir. France's foreign intelligence service swapped it for a homegrown rival and Germany's military keeps it at arm's length—owning your stack cuts both ways.
