Why do some consider Palantir the world’s ‘scariest company’ and who is its chief executive, Alex Karp?

Michael Steinberger, the author of The Philosopher in the Valley: Alex Karp, Palantir and the Rise of the Surveillance State, describes Karp’s origin story to Nosheen Iqbal and the way that his political positions have changed over the years. The pair also discuss how Palantir was established as a company, the services that it offers, its close relationship to the US military and how Karp has been navigating the second Trump presidency.

Johana Bhuiyan, a senior tech reporter and editor at Guardian US, outlines what we know about Palantir’s relationship with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in the US and NHS data in the United Kingdom.

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