Palantir also continues to introduce new products, including a visual navigation AI that can guide autonomous drones in areas without GPS. As a business, Palantir looks solid. It has an impressive set of competitive advantages, given its focus on defense tech and experience in data mining and analytics.

Wedbush analysts last week raised their price target on Palantir stock to $90 from $75 and maintained an Outperfor

Palantir consistently positions itself as a leader in enterprise-level artificial intelligence. It has also secured strong federal contracts while also benefiting from robust defense spending. One has to assume that the current administration should be net favorable for PLTR stock, making it a worthwhile opportunity.

Palantir would need to grow into a $6.7 trillion market cap to turn a $25,000 investment into $1 million. This would be its valuation if it grew to 40 times its size today. There isn't even a $4 trillion stock on the market today but in 20 or 30 years, it may be much more common to see stocks trading at these types of valuations.

The first time I ever heard about Palantir (Nasdaq: PLTR), several years ago, it was pitched to me as an “equity crowdfunding opportunity” to make a private investment, and a rare chance to buy into one of the hottest defense IT stocks on the planet before its IPO.