Palantir Technologies ( PLTR 9.79%) stock continued its winning streak on Thursday, climbing as much as 7.9%. As of 3:23 p.m. ET, the stock was still up 7.9%.

The AI-focused Palantir joins a group of less than 50 public American companies worth at least $200 billion, quite the turn of events for the government contractor worth less than $20 billion two years ago.

Palantir (Nasdaq: PLTR) opened Thursday trading slightly below where it closed yesterday. However, that situation quickly changed and its share price rapidly rose in early morning trading. For most of the afternoon,