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Alex Karp

Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Palantir Technologies

Background

Alex Karp is the co-founder and chief executive officer of Palantir Technologies.

Karp earned a J.D. from Stanford Law School and a doctorate in social theory from Goethe University Frankfurt.

About Palantir

Palantir: Palantir Technologies Inc. is a publicly traded American company that develops data integration and analytics software.

Key facts

Title: Co-founder and CEO, Palantir Technologiessource
Title in company results: Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Palantir Technologies, as quoted in the Q2 2026 results releasesource
Palantir founded: 2003, by Peter Thiel, Stephen Cohen, Joe Lonsdale, Alex Karp and Nathan Gettingssource
Ph.D.: Neoclassical social theory, Goethe University Frankfurt, 2002source
Law degree: J.D., Stanford Law School, 1992source

WYDE coverage of Alex Karp

WYDE Newsroom has published one article about Alex Karp, on Mar 14, 2026. Alex Karp is a named leader in 1 story. The most recent is Pentagon Labels Anthropic a National Security Risk for Refusing Surveillance and Weapons Use.

Government & Fraud

Pentagon Labels Anthropic a National Security Risk for Refusing Surveillance and Weapons Use

Eleven companies filed for OCC national trust bank charters in 83 days while the Bank Policy Institute considers suing to stop crypto firms from entering federal banking.

Mar 14, 2026 · 3 min read · Quoted or named as leader

Reported alongside Alex Karp

Anthropic · in 1 story with Alex Karp
Palantir · in 1 story with Alex Karp
U.S. Department of Defense · in 1 story with Alex Karp

Sources

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