Alex Karp, the CEO of defense contractor Palantir, has been on the offensive lately. The billionaire with a penchant for making off-the-cuff remarks has sought to tamp down ongoing criticism and doubts about his firm, which is not only playing a pivotal role in the current presidential administration but has been having a very good […]
The ‘Big Short’ Guy Shuts Down Hedge Fund Amid AI Bubble Fears
The Big Short guy is short on trust in the state of the current economy. Earlier this week, it came to light that Michael Burry, famously depicted by Christian Bale in Adam McKay’s telling of the 2008 housing crisis, is shutting the doors to his hedge fund Scion Capital because he believes the market is […]
Palantir CEO Says a Surveillance State Is Preferable to China Winning the AI Race
Palantir CEO Alex Karp talks so much that you’d think that he just likes the sound of his own voice—though you wonder if he actually hears what he’s saying. The subject of the recently published Michael Steinberger book “The Philosopher in the Valley” popped onto The Axios Show this week to talk about all kinds […]
Palantir CEO Alex Karp Thinks the Haters Are ‘Confounded’ By His Success
Palantir Technologies CEO Alex Karp is famous for being a little much, but he just outdid himself in Palantir’s Nov. 3 letter to shareholders, and on an earnings call the same day. Here’s an excerpt from this document intended for people who are checking in on what the company is doing with their investment dollars: […]
Palantir CTO Thinks AI-Driven Mass Unemployment Is a ‘Fundraising Shtick’
The chief technology officer of one of the most consequential mass-surveillance companies in the world, Palantir, thinks that artificial general intelligence is a fantasy and that the narrative that AI will replace jobs is a marketing tactic. “I think the secularists in Silicon Valley are filling the God-shaped hole in their heart with A.G.I,” Sankar […]
Who’s Paying for Trump’s Ridiculous White House Ballroom?
President Donald Trump is currently demolishing the East Wing of the White House in one of the more shocking acts of his second term. Trump plans to build an enormous $250 million ballroom in its place, a structure that will dwarf the existing White House. But who’s paying for it? As it turns out, a […]
‘Free Speech’ University in Austin Makes Freshmen Read Palantir CEO’s Deep Thoughts
In 2021, “intellectual dark web” OG and Israeli-government stan Bari Weiss announced the launch of her own university. In case you don’t remember, the “intellectual dark web” was a term coined by one of its own proponents (Eric Weinstein) and used to market a breed of new pundits and influencers, like Joe Rogan, who sprang […]
Palantir Goons Reportedly Want to Remake Hollywood Into a Libertarian Dream Factory
Rightwing forces in the U.S. have long coveted a key fixture of American liberalism’s soft power: Hollywood. The “dream factory” that deeply influences the ways Americans see themselves and the world around them has often been accused of (perhaps rightfully so) having a liberal bent. Now, it appears that a group with ties to America’s […]
Peter Thiel and His Goons Are Launching Their Own Bank (Yes, It has a Tolkien-Inspired Name)
Silicon Valley Bank’s collapse in 2023 left a hole in the tech industry. For years, the bank poured money into the Bay Area’s riskier startups, allowing those companies to pursue their various “disruptive” aims. Eventually, mismanagement led that business model to collapse. Now, billionaire Palantir founder Peter Thiel and several of his pals want to […]
Peter Thiel on Whether He’s Ushering in the Antichrist: Um, Uhh, Buh, Um Uhh, th th, Uhhhh
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