New Delhi, Aug. 5 -- Palantir delivered what it described as 'otherworldly' second-quarter results on Monday, pushing its shares 12% higher in after-hours trading. The strong performance shows no signs of slowing, despite criticism of the AI and data analytics company for its close ties to the US and Israel during the West Asia conflict.

The company's revenue climbed 93% from about $1 billion a year ago. Palantir reported net income of $1.07 billion, or 41 cents per share, compared to about $329 million, or 13 cents per share, in the year-ago quarter. In fact, Palantir's US government revenue grew 90% year over year to $809 million.

CEO Alex Karp told CNBC, "To my knowledge, no businesses at our scale have even grown half this much", an...