In 2024, Karp said he would "vote against Trump" while criticizing the direction of the Democratic Party, describing himself as a disappointed Democrat. He held Palantir's first 2024 board meeting in Tel Aviv to show solidarity with Israel and has championed Western democratic values and military AI development as a patriotic duty, while defying easy partisan categorization.
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Built Palantir on government contracts. ICE, Army, CIA. Advocate for Silicon Valley-Pentagon partnership.
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See all →Karp publicly acknowledged that multiple employees have left Palantir due to his outspoken pro-Israel stance, saying "we've lost employees. I'm sure we'll lose employees." He stated this is acceptable: "If you have a position that does not cost you ever to lose an employee, it's not a position." In a viral May 2025 exchange, he called a Palestinian-American protester "an unwitting product of an evil force."