Alex Karp, CEO of Palantir Technologies, attended the Pennsylvania Energy Innovation Summit on July 15, 2025 on the campus of Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
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Palantir‘s global communications chief said Wednesday that the company’s political shift toward the Trump administration is “concerning.”
“I think it’s going to be difficult because so much of the company is moving toward Trump, you know, moving in a certain direction,” communications director Lisa Gordon said in an interview at the Information’s Women in Technology, Media and Finance Summit.
“That’s alarming,” she said, noting that she is a Democrat and previously worked on Walter Mondale’s presidential campaign.
President Ronald Reagan defeated Mondale, who had served as vice president in the Jimmy Carter administration, in the 1984 presidential election.
“Until recently, we were pretty much on both sides, so it wasn’t that difficult,” Gordon said of Republicans and Democrats. “I’m just now getting over it and starting to move on, and I feel like there’s been a change.”
Palantir CEO Alex Karp has bankrolled the campaigns of former Vice President Kamala Harris and President Joe Biden, and has recently been outspoken about his support for President Donald Trump.
Gordon said Karp’s “frustration with the Democratic Party” led him in a different direction politically.
“Palantir welcomes diverse opinions,” Gordon told CNBC in an email.
“The company has worked with four administrations and takes pride in supporting the country no matter who is in office,” she wrote.
Palantir is also a donor to the new White House ballroom under construction and just signed a contract with the U.S. military worth up to $10 billion over the next 10 years.
The agreement further strengthens the company’s role in the U.S. government’s focus on cost efficiency through the use of artificial intelligence tools.
Palantir also sponsored the presidential parade commemorating the 250th anniversary of the U.S. military in June.
The analytics company co-founded by Peter Thiel has helped provide data used by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in immigration enforcement. Palantir has been awarded a $30 million contract to build a new platform for the government called ImmigrationOS that will allow the government to “streamline” the identification and deportation of immigrants.
Mr. Gordon’s comments this week illustrate how internal dynamics are at work within this political movement. Gordon has worked at Palantir since 2009.
“You won’t be fired just because you have a different position, but ultimately if you don’t see eye to eye, like not supporting Israel, then you will quit,” Gordon said, referring to Karp’s staunch support for Israel during the Gaza conflict.
Palantir has been supplying Israel with tools during the Gaza war. Israel launched the operation after Hamas-led fighters attacked southern Israel, killing 1,200 people and returning 251 hostages to Gaza.
As of this week, Gaza health authorities said 68,000 people had been confirmed dead in Israeli airstrikes, with thousands more missing.
Karp said the company has lost employees and expects more losses due to public support for Israel.
“What we try to focus on is mission, not character, and staying true to our work,” Gordon said.
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