Key facts
- Karp told Politico he has been a Democrat his whole life and called Palantir's products essentially progressive.
- Karp said he knows more about being a progressive than almost anybody on the planet.
- Karp criticized the Democratic Socialists of America, saying they gaslight Jews and segregate Blacks.
- Karp said Trump mishandled his immigration crackdown and welcomed Trump's admission that he went too far.
- Karp said Democrats are not beholden to the belief that capitalism will solve all problems.
- Palantir has drawn criticism over its work with Immigration and Customs Enforcement, including its ImmigrationOS platform.
Palantir CEO Alex Karp said in an interview with Politico published November 11, 2026 that he has been a Democrat his whole life and that Palantir's products are essentially progressive. Politico is a sister company of Business Insider, which reported the interview.
"I've been a Democrat my whole life," Karp told Politico. "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."
Karp has long called himself an unhappy Democrat and has criticized both what he calls the Mamdani wing and the woke right. In the interview he continued to criticize the Democratic Socialists of America, saying they gaslight Jews and segregate Blacks.
The declaration may surprise onlookers who know Palantir for its immigration enforcement platform, ImmigrationOS. The company has long been criticized for its business with Immigration and Customs Enforcement, work that has sparked protests and sown internal division.
Karp said Trump mishandled his immigration crackdown. "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,'" he said.
Karp tied his politics to economic justice and the future of capitalism. Democrats are not beholden to the belief that capitalism will solve all problems, he said. "Maybe that was once true. I never thought it was true. It's definitely not true now."