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Hits and Misses From 2025’s Companies to Watch

Palantir defied predictions, but see where Bloomberg Intelligence was right on track.

Alex Karp, chief executive officer of Palantir Technologies.

Photographer: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg

On Tuesday, we published Bloomberg Businessweek’s list of 50 Companies to Watch for next year. But we wanted to know how our predictions for 2025 fared, so we asked the editors of the list, David Rocks and Tim Craighead, to dig into the numbers. As it turns out, the analysis was pretty good, even if we whiffed on a few. Plus: A new episode of the Everybody’s Business podcast, Uniqlo’s founder goes shopping, and why Hulken bags might be on your family’s wish list.

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