# Operational AI Should Help Warfighters Win and Come Home by Cameron Stanley > "I care about one thing and one thing only: that the 18, 19, 20-year-old kid—who had no choice in where he went, or what threat he was facing—I want him to win and come home. That's why we do it. Palantir is very helpful in delivering this." > **— Cameron Stanley**, *Q1 2026, Q1 2026 Business Update* ## Sources and Context - **Direct official source and complete contiguous wording:** [Q1 2026 Business Update](https://investors.palantir.com/files/Palantir%20-%20Q1%202026%20Business%20Update.pdf) — The Department of War chief digital and AI officer describes Maven's value in direct mission-outcome terms. - **Routing classification:** CT-enabling operational AI. This label describes the quotation's relationship to the counterterrorism technology stack; it does not alter the speaker's wording or claim that every cited system has a direct counterterrorism mission. ## Related Articles and Collections - **Collection:** [[collections/Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and the Intelligence Environment|Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and the Intelligence Environment]] - **Collection:** [[collections/Simple Reminders|Simple Reminders]] - **Article:** [[articles/A History of Machine Intelligence|A History of Machine Intelligence]] - **Article:** [[articles/Cognitive-Cyber Warfare Measures and Countermeasures|Cognitive-Cyber Warfare Measures and Countermeasures]] ## Related Topics - [[wiki/Sensor-to-Decision Loop|Sensor-to-Decision Loop]] - [[wiki/Public Intelligence Technology Discourse|Public Intelligence Technology Discourse]] ## Share on Social Media ``` "I care about one thing and one thing only: that the 18, 19, 20-year-old kid—who had no choice in where he went, or what threat he was facing—I want him to win and come home. That's why we do it. Palantir is very helpful in delivering this." — Cameron Stanley, Q1 2026, Q1 2026 Business Update https://bryantmcgill.com/simple-reminders-ct-architecture-operational-ai-should-help-warfighters-win-and-come-home ```