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Co-founding Palantir in 2003 and scaling it to $2.5 billion in annual revenue, Karp built the data infrastructure behind U.S. intelligence operations, defense decisions, and commercial enterprises across healthcare, energy, and finance worldwide.
Alex Karp co-founded Palantir Technologies in 2003 with Peter Thiel and others and serves as CEO.
Palantir's Gotham platform supports U.S. intelligence and defense agencies, while Foundry and AIP serve commercial clients across healthcare, energy, manufacturing, and finance. The company went public in 2020 and reported 85 percent revenue growth in Q1 2026 with full-year guidance of roughly $7.65 billion. Karp holds a PhD in philosophy from Frankfurt.
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