Palantir CEO calls Columbia anti-Israel protests 'pagan' and says he's dreamed of drone striking his enemies

Thu, 05/02/2024 - 14:42

Alex Karp, the cofounder and CEO of Palantir, looks ahead — Palantir cofounder and CEO Alex Karp arrives for a US Senate bipartisan Artificial Intelligence Insight Forum at the Capitol in Washington, DC, on September 13, 2023.
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The CEO and cofounder of Palantir isn't a fan of campus protests against Israel.
He called the protests "pagan" and joked that some protesters should travel to North Korea.
He also said he had "fantasies of using drone-enabled technology to exact revenge" on his enemies.

Alex Karp, the CEO and cofounder of Palantir, said at a high-profile Washington, DC-based event that he wants to send college student protesters to North Korea as part of an "exchange program" to give them perspective.