Alex Karp, CEO of Palantir, acknowledged that some employees have left the company due to his public support for Israel, and he anticipates further departures. He stated in an interview with CNBC’s “Money Movers” on Wednesday that they have experienced personnel losses and expects more to follow. Karp emphasized that taking a stance on certain issues can inevitably lead to employee turnover, indicating that a position devoid of any such consequences is not truly a position at all.
Palantir, renowned for its government contract involvement in defense and intelligence sectors, has supplied its technology to aid the Ukrainian and Israeli militaries in their ongoing conflicts.
During Palantir’s recent earnings call, Karp expressed his immense pride in the company’s swift involvement in critical operations in Israel shortly after October 7. In January, Palantir held its first board meeting of the year in Tel Aviv, followed by a commitment to a strategic partnership with the Israeli Ministry of Defense to provide technological support for military endeavors. Karp reiterated Palantir’s allegiance to the U.S. and Israel, affirming that the company exclusively supplies its products to Western allies.
He also emphasized his pro-Israel stance during a recent interview, where he acknowledged Palantir’s public declaration of support for Israel through a full-page advertisement in The New York Times.
Karp emphasized the cultural norm of speaking up within Palantir, stating that he doesn’t promise to cater to the desires of his workforce, but rather aims to provide a transparent view of the company’s perspective within legal and ethical boundaries. This approach extends externally as well.
Palantir recently secured a $178.4 million contract with the U.S. Army for the development of 10 AI-powered ground stations as part of the TITAN project.
Karp, who co-founded Palantir with Peter Thiel and Joe Lonsdale, stressed the broader implications beyond Israel, asking whether one believes in the principles of the West and its way of life.
Prior to the recent events in Israel and Gaza, Karp had been vocal on contentious social and political matters, striving to differentiate his views from those commonly held in Silicon Valley.
In 2020, Palantir moved its headquarters from Palo Alto to Denver, with Karp criticizing the tech community for failing to uphold its social contract with America and condemning companies that decline to collaborate with the government on national security.
Karp expressed his disagreement with the position of tech companies unwilling to work with the government, deeming it unsustainable and unintelligible to the average person, a stance he’s glad Palantir doesn’t align with.
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