{"id":8829,"date":"2026-08-05T07:41:53","date_gmt":"2026-08-05T07:41:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/?p=8829"},"modified":"2026-08-05T07:41:53","modified_gmt":"2026-08-05T07:41:53","slug":"palantir-ceo-alex-karp-to-openai-and-anthropic-dont-try-to-drug-addict-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/?p=8829","title":{"rendered":"Palantir CEO Alex Karp to OpenAI and Anthropic: Don&#8217;t try to &#8216;drug addict&#8217; us"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"e9jwa\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"GfdvZ\">\n<section class=\"_bIDB  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  E9tg9 \" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"_bIDB\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"ypVvZ\">\n<div class=\"WGttI\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-132902473,imgsize-63884,width-400,height-225,resizemode-4\/palantir-ceo.jpg\" alt=\"Palantir CEO Alex Karp to OpenAI and Anthropic: Don't try to 'drug addict' us\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Palantir CEO Alex Karp has escalated his criticism of frontier artificial intelligence labs, telling CNBC that enterprises should not be forced to surrender intellectual property work with model markers.<!-- --> \u201cWe have people trying to drug addict us to a future they believe they control,\u201d Karp said, referring to companies like <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/openai\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">OpenAI<\/a> and Anthropic. Karp believes that their vision of future leaves businesses unprofitable, jobless and vulnerable to adversaries. He also emphasised that enterprises must retain control of their own models and data, working with companies like Palantir and offer an application layer on top of existing infrastructure. <!-- -->He dismissed assurances from AI giants Anthropic and OpenAI that customer data is secure and not used for trading, saying enterprises see little value in \u2018tokenmaxxing\u2019 without control over their computer and data stack.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"8\"\/><\/p>\n<p><h2>Palantir delivered one of its strongest quarters yet<br \/><\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<p>Palantir delivered one of its strongest quarters yet, with revenue surging 93% year-over-year to $1.94 billion, well above analyst expectations of $1.801 billion. Net income came in at $1.1 billion, or 41 cents per share, topping Wall Street\u2019s estimate of 35 cents. Investors responded positively, sending shares up more than 14% in after-hours trading. According to a report by Fortune, on the earnings call, Palantir CEO Alex Karp appeared jubilant, pounding his pen on the table and taking aim at unnamed Silicon Valley AI rivals who he said \u2018eat vegetables\u2019 and don\u2019t support the US military.<!-- --> \u201cObviously, we are loving these results and loving what they mean for our customers and, broadly speaking, the West,\u201d Karp said.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"15\"\/><\/p>\n<p><h2>Palantir CEO Alex Karp has sharply criticised the leading AI companies<br \/><\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<p>This is not the first time that Alex Karp has criticised OpenAI and Anthropic. Last month, Karp told CNBC in an interview that the enterprise customers are dissatisfied with how frontier labs like OpenAI and Anthropic operate. \u201cIt\u2019s not just the man and woman on the street that is unhappy with the frontier labs, it\u2019s in private, every single enterprise we deal with,\u201d Karp said. Karp argued that many businesses believe frontier labs don\u2019t understand their needs and are focused instead on \u2018tokenmaxxing\u2019 which is burning AI tokens to signal productivity rather than delivering practical value.<!-- --> The increasing costs associated with large language models are fueling concerns on Wall Street, as companies funnel more AI into workloads while efficiency gains remain uncertain.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"20\"\/><\/p>\n<p><h2>Alex Karp believes that real value lies in implementation<br \/><\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<p>Acknowledging the importance of large language models, Karp stressed that the real value lies in implementation. \u201cIt is not that large language models aren\u2019t crucial for the world. It\u2019s just the implementation is where the value is, certainly in the next seven years,\u201d he said. <!-- -->He added that many of Anthropic\u2019s public projects are already running on Palantir\u2019s infrastructure.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"25\"\/>The comments made by Karp come as OpenAI and Anthropic move towards public listings. OpenAI, led by Sam Altman, filed confidentially for an IPO earlier this week, just days after Anthropic did the same. Despite his disagreements with Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei, Karp described him as \u201ca very, very important person\u201d guiding the leading frontier model company.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"29\"\/><\/p>\n<p><h2>Open-weight models and global competition<br \/><\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<p>In late July, Palantir joined Microsoft, Nvidia, and others in signing an open letter defending open-weight AI models as vital for national security. Karp argued that distillation \u2014 used by Chinese firms to copy U.S. models \u2014 is no different from how frontier labs built their own systems by absorbing enterprise IP. He framed the debate as part of a global battle over AI sovereignty.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"32\"\/><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/technology\/tech-news\/palantir-ceo-alex-karp-to-openai-and-anthropic-dont-try-to-drug-addict-us\/articleshow\/132902500.cms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Palantir CEO Alex Karp has escalated his criticism of frontier artificial intelligence labs, telling CNBC that enterprises should not be forced to surrender intellectual property work with model markers. \u201cWe have people trying to drug addict us to a future they believe they control,\u201d Karp said, referring to companies like OpenAI and Anthropic. 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