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Tech giant Palantir helps the US government monitor its citizens. Its CEO wants Silicon Valley to find its moral compass
Ray Choi
August 11, 2025
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Critics of those who misuse power tend to be outsiders. So, it’s striking that Alexander Karp, co-founder and CEO of data analytics giant Palantir Technologies, has written a book, with Palantir’s head of corporate affairs Nicholas Zamiska, calling on Silicon Valley to find its moral compass.
They believe “the software industry should rebuild its relationship with government and redirect its effort and attention to constructing the technology and artificial intelligence capabilities that will address the most pressing challenges that we collectively face”.
Of course, Palantir, which is working closely with the Trump administration on projects like creating a “super-database” of combined data from all federal agencies, and building a platform for ICE “to track migrant movements in real time”, is controversial for exactly this kind of work. Read more
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