Alex Karp Wants to Be Friends With Democrats Again
The surveillance tech giant Palantir’s products have always been “essentially progressive,” its founder Alex Karp said Wednesday. Karp’s company won hundreds of millions of dollars in contracts under Donald Trump’s second term, soaring past the billion-dollar quarterly revenue mark by working with ICE to track and monitor immigrants and building AI systems for the US […]
Palantir’s co-founder Alex Karp has expressed his newfound affinity for Democrats, claiming to have been a Democrat his entire life. Karp, who traditionally supported the Democratic party, notably backed Kamala Harris in the 2024 election. However, his allegiance shifted during Donald Trump’s second term, aligning with the "anti-woke" right.
Now, Karp appears to be courting the Democratic party to ride the "blue wave" in the upcoming elections. Despite this shift, Karp’s pivot reflects Silicon Valley’s strategy to maintain power, regardless of which party holds the government.
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