Karp believes Big Tech needs to refocus on military and national-security work, once at the heart of Silicon Valley’s origins.

Palantir is undoubtedly near the top of many investors' watchlists. But Wall Street estimates the company's adjusted earnings will increase 35% in 2025. That consensus makes the current valuation of 220 times adjusted earnings look very expensive.

Nevermind that Palantir’s stock price dropped and DOGE is slashing government contracts. Karp thinks his defense tech firm will thrive in a meritocracy.

Alex Karp said if he were fired from Palantir, he'd move to his "hermit-like location" and focus on his hobbies.

It's like, there's this one issue where I might, and then you get boxed into, you cannot solve the problem. And then I would say, what is the biggest problem in this society? Biggest problem in this society from my perspective is legitimacy of our institutions.

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