Aistis Šimaitis, who led one of the first production deployments of Palantir Foundry, says defense AI companies shouldn’t try to become manufacturing giants: “My view here is slightly controversial, but I think you need the 2 types of companies: the technology companies who do AI & software for defense & the connected battlefield have to not also want to be the manufacturing giants of the world.” “The success recipe for Europe, and the world, is having technology companies who focus on the…