Called pro-Palestinian protesters 'unwitting products of evil force Hamas' and their views a 'pagan religion'
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.
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Provides cloud infrastructure storing intelligence on Gaza residents for Israeli military operations
Investigation by +972 Magazine revealed in August 2024 that AWS provides Israel's Military Intelligence Directorate with cloud storage holding intelligence information on 'almost everyone' in Gaza. Israeli military sources confirmed using AWS for mass surveillance since late 2022. Col. Racheli Dembinsky publicly confirmed in July 2024 that the Israeli army uses AWS cloud services in Gaza operations. 1,700 Amazon employees petitioned CEO Andy Jassy to rescind contracts with Israeli military.
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Oracle expanded Israeli government and military ties during Gaza conflict with $10B investment and defense partnerships
Throughout 2024, during Israel's military operations in Gaza, Oracle significantly
deepened its engagement with the Israeli government and military. In February,
Oracle donated $500,000 in supplies to IDF soldiers. In March, following meetings
between Oracle CEO Safra Catz and Prime Minister Netanyahu and Defense Minister
Gallant, founder Larry Ellison announced plans to invest $10 billion in computing
facilities and "large AI centers" in Israel. In October, Oracle announced a
partnership with Rafael Advanced Defense Systems, one of Israel's largest defense
contractors, on an AI project to provide "warfighters with quick, actionable
insights in the battlespace."
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Palantir signed strategic partnership with Israeli Ministry of Defense during Gaza conflict
In January 2024, Palantir co-founders Peter Thiel and Alex Karp met with Israeli defense
officials and signed an upgraded strategic partnership agreement with the Ministry of Defense.
Executive VP Josh Harris stated both parties were "doubling down" on AI-based military systems.
The partnership was signed during the Gaza conflict. A UN special rapporteur later found
"reasonable grounds" that Palantir was complicit in violations of international law
regarding the conflict.
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DeepMind · $1200.0M Apr 1, 2021 DeepMind technology powers Project Nimbus $1.2B cloud contract with Israeli military
DeepMind's AI technology is part of Google's Project Nimbus, a $1.2 billion cloud computing contract with the Israeli government including its defense establishment. Internal Google documents show the company knew it couldn't control how Israel would use the technology. The contract forbids Google from denying service to any Israeli government entities, including its military.
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