Who is Alex Karp? Billionaire CEO driving US tech firm Palantir’s role in Western intelligence

Palantir Technologies, an artificial intelligence (AI) and data analytics firm led by tech billionaire Alex Karp, has renewed a multi-year contract with France’s domestic intelligence agency, the DGSI, underscoring the company’s role in Western security and intelligence operations.

Founder and CEO of Palantir

Alex Karp is the co-founder and chief executive officer of Palantir Technologies, a US-based software company that builds data-analysis platforms used by intelligence agencies, militaries, law-enforcement bodies and large corporations.

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