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2 stories filed under profit on Beyond Market Intelligence. The newest of them: “Palantir's billion-dollar quarter challenges AI's trust deficit” and “From toxic red mud to valuable minerals: mining waste for a cleaner future”. Palantir just posted $1 billion in profit, and Alex Karp responded by calling the AI industry "Marxist." That's a bold word from a CEO whose own success depends on the same frontier labs he's warning enterprises about. Billions of tons of aluminum waste sit in massive red mud ponds, a stubborn environmental hazard. Acme AI is the next-generation, AI-powered spreadsheet platform built to replace Excel and redefine how analysts, data scientists, and enterprise teams work… The list below is every profit story on Beyond Market Intelligence, newest first.

Palantir's billion-dollar quarter challenges AI's trust deficit
Palantir just posted $1 billion in profit, and Alex Karp responded by calling the AI industry "Marxist." That's a bold word from a CEO whose own success depends on the same frontier labs he's warning enterprises about. His point deserves attention: if these tools can't be trusted, why rush them into critical workflows? We're not here to defend big tech's habits, but we'd rather see scrutiny than blind adoption.

From toxic red mud to valuable minerals: mining waste for a cleaner future
Billions of tons of aluminum waste sit in massive red mud ponds, a stubborn environmental hazard. Fast Metals sees that not as a dead end, but as a resource. The startup is treating that caustic byproduct with more waste to extract critical minerals, cleaning up the mess while turning a profit. It's a pragmatic, circular approach that tackles a legacy problem head-on. We're keen to see if their process scales, and you can explore more bold ideas over at our Disrupt coverage.