Alex Karp

In 2024-2025, Alex Karp made extremely strong statements against pro-Palestinian campus protesters, calling them 'unwitting products of an evil force, Hamas' and describing their views as a 'pagan religion' and 'an infection inside of our society.' He confronted a protester during an earnings call, saying 'she believes I'm evil, and I believe she's an unwitting product of an evil force.' He strongly supported Israel post-October 7, criticizing American companies for not speaking out.

In 2024-2025, Alex Karp dramatically shifted his rhetoric on immigration, claiming that 'the truly progressive position on immigration is extreme skepticism.' He defended Palantir's expanded ICE work under Trump's second term, including the $30M ImmigrationOS contract, saying the 2024 election signaled Americans 'wanted to keep the demographics of the country the same way.'

In December 2024, Alex Karp wrote a $1 million check to the Trump-Vance Inaugural Committee, marking a dramatic shift from his previous support of Biden and Harris. This followed his 'political metamorphosis' catalyzed by the October 7, 2023 attacks in Israel. Karp cited Democratic positions on immigration, Iran, and antisemitism as reasons for his shift.

In December 2024, Alex Karp donated $1 million to MAGA Inc., a super PAC supporting Donald Trump. This was his largest disclosed political gift by an order of magnitude, coming alongside his $1M inaugural donation. The donation represented a complete reversal from his August 2024 statement that he was 'voting against Trump.'

Alex Karp has repeatedly condemned 'woke' thinking, calling it 'the central risk to Palantir and America and the world' and 'a regressive way of thinking that is corrupting and corroding our institutions that calls itself progressive... but is actually a form of a thin pagan religion.' He positioned Palantir as a 'counter-example' to 'woke' companies.

Alex Karp has been a vocal advocate for Silicon Valley supporting the US military, stating that technology companies like Palantir have 'an obligation to support the U.S. military.' At the 2023 Reagan National Defense Forum, he said 'Somehow the corporate elite of this country thinks when it's time to make money, you stand up, and when it's time to stand up, you go play golf.' He describes Palantir as 'active in defending the values of the West' and states 'our belief that the West is a superior way to live.'

In August 2021, Alex Karp personally donated $180,000 to David Lidstone, an 81-year-old New Hampshire hermit known as 'River Dave,' whose cabin burned down while he was in jail for squatting. This was described as Karp keeping 'philanthropy low-key' and represented an unusual personal charitable action.

In 2019, amid widespread criticism of Palantir's ICE contracts following family separations, Alex Karp publicly defended the work, saying that while separations are 'a really tough, complex, jarring moral issue,' he favors 'a fair but rigorous immigration policy.' He stated the ICE relationship 'is here to stay' and seemed sympathetic to Trump's border stance.