Wedbush analyst Dan Ives has slammed “Big Short” investor Michael Burry, calling his massive bearish bet against Palantir Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ:PLTR) “dead wrong.”

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Ives Dismisses Burry’s Massive PLTR Short

During a recent video interview with Tom Nash, Ives dismissed Burry’s warnings as just “yelling fire in a crowded theater,” arguing the famed investor is fundamentally misjudging the company’s long-term trajectory.

The sharp criticism follows Palantir’s latest earnings, which Ives described as “one of the best quarters… maybe ever in software,” with numbers that “almost seem unreal.”

In a post on X, Ives dubbed Palantir as the “Messi Of AI.”

The Messi of AI delivers another masterpiece quarter with US commercial business the key driver @CNBCClosingBell 🔥🏆🐂📺 https://t.co/Kc4gRmSLbQ

— Dan Ives (@DivesTech) November 3, 2025

Despite the strong results, Palantir’s stock sold off, a reaction Ives attributes to the “goldfish memory” of investors and an “over obsession” with price-to-earnings or P/E ratios.

Ives argued that Burry is making a ...