Alex Karp, CEO of Palantir Technologies, attends the Pennsylvania Energy Innovation Summit held at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA on July 15, 2025.
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Palantir CEO Alex Karp said protesters against U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement should support using the company’s tools within government.
“If you’re critical of ICE, you should be protesting for more Palantir,” he said Monday in an interview with CNBC’s Morgan Brennan about the company’s fourth-quarter results. “In fact, at its core, our products require people to comply with Fourth Amendment data protections.”
Karp’s comments come as anti-ICE protests continue following the shooting deaths of two demonstrators in Minneapolis.
Documents released by the Department of Homeland Security last week also revealed that the company provides the department with AI tools to help vet information.
Palantir has been criticized in the past for its cooperation with ICE and its role in President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown. Federal documents in April revealed that the company had a $30 million contract with authorities to provide “real-time visibility” on self-deportees.
The company’s software is used by other government agencies, including the Internal Revenue Service, and most notably the Department of Defense.
In a letter to shareholders on Monday, Karp argued that its software system could not only “prevent terrorist attacks,” but “unconstitutional intrusions by the state into the private lives of its citizens as well.”
He argued that the best way to prevent such “intrusions” is to develop a platform created by Palantir to “ensure that states and their agents see only what they need to see.”
“The construction of such a platform that reflects our ethical commitments should, of course, rally progressives and critical thinkers across the political spectrum who profess an interest in advancing the values of the Fourth Amendment,” he wrote.
Mr. Karp has previously faced backlash for his vocal views, including his staunch support for Israel in the wake of the deadly Oct. 7 attack by Hamas and his company’s cooperation with the Israeli military.
He told CNBC in March 2024 that some employees have left because of his pro-Israel views, and he expects many more to leave.
“From my perspective, this is not just an Israel issue,” he told CNBC at the time. “It’s like, ‘Do you believe in the West? Do you believe that the West created a better way of life?’
