Palantir's Karp Attacks Big A.I. Labs, Promotes Nvidia Partnership and Open-Source Alternatives
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Updated · The New York Times · Jul 8
Palantir's Karp Attacks Big A.I. Labs, Promotes Nvidia Partnership and Open-Source Alternatives
3 articles · Updated · The New York Times · Jul 8
Summary
CNBC remarks by Palantir CEO Alex Karp sharpened his attack on OpenAI, Anthropic and other big labs, calling closed-source AI a dead end that hoards value and exploits customers' data and research.
A day earlier, Palantir published an "A.I. sovereignty" manifesto arguing companies should build their own tools—often with open-source or open-weight models—instead of relying on frontier labs' proprietary systems.
The push also serves Palantir's business aims: Karp used the appearance to tout a new Nvidia partnership that would help Palantir develop and sell AI products competing with offerings from major labs.
That challenge comes as Palantir faces pressure abroad, with France's intelligence service cutting ties and the company's future work with Britain's National Health Service also appearing uncertain.
Karp's broadside highlights a widening split inside Silicon Valley's AI and defense-tech camp over whether the industry's value should stay concentrated in a few model makers or shift to customers building sovereign systems.