Alex Karp

What the record shows

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1. He runs Palantir, the surveillance contractor woven into ICE, the military, and intelligence agencies.

   FACT

   Palantir — co-founded by Peter Thiel — turned government data into a product, embedding itself across the U.S. security state as the private operator of public surveillance.

   Documented in this investigation →

2. Palantir's tools are field-tested on Palestinians in Gaza, then sold to governments worldwide.

   FACT

   The 'Palestine laboratory' pipeline: technologies proven on an occupied population become the export product pitched to police forces and states everywhere.

   Documented in this investigation →

3. Palantir sits in the direct lineage of PROMIS — the bugged-database-to-mass-surveillance arc.

   PROBABLY TRUE

   The through-line from the PROMIS software scandal to today's data-fusion contractors runs through firms like Palantir; the site traces it while marking its limits.

   Documented in this investigation →

4. Palantir is among the tech-right firms whose governing program is on the record.

   FACT

   The plan to fuse private data power with state authority isn't hidden — it's been published and pitched openly.

   Documented in this investigation →