Palantir’s CEO is not instilling confidence in anyone

Purveyor of surveillance software that enables authoritarian oversight, Palantir CEO Alex Karp behaved very strangely during an interview with the New York Times. Appearing drunk on more than power and money, Karp lectured the Times to bow down.

Palantir CEO Alex Karp’s strange interview with the New York Times should raise serious questions about his credibility, not just as a public-facing executive, but also as the person helming a company embedded in the core of U.S. military and intelligence infrastructure. His hostility towards criticism, theatrics, and a refusal to answer basic questions are bad enough. Still, the messianic rhetoric is beyond scary coming from a billionaire sitting in his chair, regardless of how unable to sit still he is.