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# Stagwell’s new AI chief explains the Palantir bet
- URL: https://www.medianexis.com/stagwells-new-ai-chief-explains-the-palantir-bet/
- Published: 2026-09-29T12:08:18.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-29T12:08:18.000Z
- Description: Digiday’s Michael Bürgi reports that Stagwell CEO Mark Penn hired John Kahan, a 40-year data and analytics veteran of IBM and Microsoft, as chief AI officer to run the holdco’s Palantir partnership.
- Author: The Signals Desk
- Tags: Agencies, AI, Michael Bürgi, Digiday: Stagwell's chief AI officer on Palantir differentiation

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