Palantir, a major Artificial Intelligence (AI) and software technology company, has signaled a pivot towards the Democrats following their midterms victory earlier this month. “I’ve been a Democrat my whole life. I grew up in a far left environment. I know more about being a progressive than almost anybody on the planet, and I absolutely believe Palantir— all of our products are essentially progressive,” CEO Alex Karp told Axel Springer-owned POLITICO.
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This is not the first time that the Palantir CEO has identified as a progressive. In an interview with The New York Times from August 2024, Karp described himself as “progressive but not woke.” A year later, in a December 2025 interview with Semafor, Karp said: “I’m actually probably a more hardened progressive,” when asked about the evolution of his political beliefs. Karp also stated in August 2024 that he intended to vote for former Vice President Kamala Harris.
Karp was pleased with President Donald J. Trump’s remarks earlier this week suggesting that his administration’s crackdown on illegal immigration “might have been too tough” for some voters. “I was really happy to hear the president be honest that — you know, his words, I believe, were something like, ‘Yeah, we kinda went too far’… And I’m glad he’s saying in public now what I’ve been saying in private,” Karp said.
However, exit polling has since revealed that the Trump administration’s stance on immigration boosted the GOP’s standing with the electorate, while issues like the cost of living and the Iran war drove voters towards the Democrats.
The Palantir CEO is reportedly ready to support the Democrats in 2028, provided the party’s presidential nominee is not aligned with the far-left Democratic Socialists of America (DSA), which quadrupled its representation in the House of Representatives during the midterms. Karp complained to POLITICO that the DSA “like to gaslight Jews and segregate blacks.”
