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datum analytics company Palantir has faced unfavorable judgment andeven protestsover its body of work with the armed forces , law , and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement , but co - founder and CEO Alex Karp is n’t interested in “ the apology show . ”

Ina lengthy New York Times visibility , Karp tell author Maureen Dowd that the company has “ a systematically pro - Western view ” and that its critic “ believe we should appease Iran , Russia and China . ”

“ I ’m not go to apologize for maintain the U.S. regime on the border , fight down the Special Ops , bringing the people home , ” he read . “ I ’m not apologise for giving our product to Ukraine or Israel or lots of other places . ”

Karp does n’t give many interviews , so it ’s interesting to see him verbalize so extensively about everything from his political prospect ( which he delineate as “ progressive but not woke ” ) to his friendly relationship with Palantir carbon monoxide - founding father Peter Thiel and his dating penchant .

But there ’s only so much he ’s unforced to say about Palantir ’s work . When ask whether the company meet a role in locating Osama bin Laden , Karp demurred , explaining , “ If you have a reputation for peach about what the pope says when you converge him , you ’ll never suffer the pope again . ”

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