XTEND CEO Aviv Shapira said he would choose Palantir Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ:PLTR) as a partner over Nvidia Corp (NASDAQ:NVDA), OpenAI, or Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (NASDAQ:SPCX). Shapira told Benzinga via email that Palantir would strengthen the part of the battlefield AI stack that XTEND does not own: turning mission data into battlefield decisions. He described the combination as a natural fit because XTEND’s autonomous drones and robots generate operational data in the field, while Palantir specializes in turning that data into actionable intelligence for commanders. Shapira noted that XTEND’s platform centers on XOS, the software operating system that powers its autonomous systems during live missions, while Palantir “builds the layer that fuses that data into a decision.” He argued that deeper integration would “shorten the path from a mission generating data to a commander acting on it.” Shapira said that “collaboration is key in the defense space,” pointing to increasingly complex threats that require integrated solutions.