"To be clear, our objective in this exchange was not to cover each detail of every controversy that graces the liveliest of company Slack channels, nor to fully assuage every concern that each of you may carry ... Most of all, Dr. Karp has made clear his commitment to reinvigorating his direct engagement with Hobbits and this discussion endeavors to model the form of rigorous dialogue that should be at the center of Palantir's prized culture."
"Palantir employees have spent weeks asking company leadership for answers on the company's work with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). On Friday, Palantir CEO Alex Karp finally appeared to give in-sort of. In an email sent to all Palantir employees, Courtney Bowman, Palantir's global director of privacy and civil liberties engineering, shared a pre-recorded nearly hourlong video conversation with Karp about Palantir's involvement with ICE."
Employees repeatedly sought answers about the company's work with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and related Department of Homeland Security contracts. CEO Alex Karp participated in a nearly hourlong prerecorded video that Courtney Bowman, the global director of privacy and civil liberties engineering, shared with staff. Bowman described the exchange as an effort to model rigorous dialogue and to increase Karp's direct engagement with employees, whom leadership calls Hobbits. The video did not provide details about product capabilities or how ICE uses Palantir products, offering NDAs for workers seeking more information. Karp spent roughly the first 40 minutes avoiding contract-specific questions and emphasizing Palantir's role in building and maintaining Western power.
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