"I work for WIRED, which does tough reporting on Trumpworld; Karp is the CEO of Palantir, a $450 billion firm that has contracts with agencies like the CIA and ICE and worked for the Israeli military during its campaign in Gaza. I live in the East Village of New York City, and the home Karp spends the most time in is a 500-acre compound in rural New Hampshire."
"We conducted our interview at an annual gathering of Palantir's corporate customers. The event had the giddy vibe of a multilevel marketing summit. The customers I talked to-from giants like American Airlines to relatively modest family firms-said that Palantir's AI-powered systems are expensive but well worth it. Not presenting at the event are the customers who provide Palantir with the majority of its business-the US government and its allies. (The company does not do business with Russia or China.)"
Alex Karp leads Palantir, a company with roughly $450 billion valuation that holds major contracts with US agencies including the CIA and ICE and worked with the Israeli military during its Gaza campaign. Karp has an unusual personal background, with a law degree and a PhD in philosophy, and describes progressive politics as "pagan religion." Palantir's primary customers are government agencies and allied governments; the company avoids business with Russia and China. Palantir also serves corporate clients who value its expensive AI systems. Karp frames Palantir's mission as bringing Silicon Valley innovation into defense and government technology.
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