Palantir CEO Karp: discounted tokens exist to "steal your alpha" and IP
eliano · x · 2026-09-17
Palantir CEO Alex Karp publicly attacked AI labs' token pricing in a CNBC interview, claiming discounts are not about growing the market but about trading cheap inference for user data to improve their models.
Key claims:
- "Tokens are discounted so they can get access to your IP so their models get better — with functionally no honest conversation or disclosure"
- Clients' biggest safety concern is what they see as "theft of their alpha"
- Karp says partners are "livid" about this
A rare blunt attack on major model vendors' data practices from a top tech CEO.
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