Palantir CEO Alex Karp: cheap closed-model tokens are about grabbing your IP, not growing the market
Aiden_Tech_Ai · x · 2026-09-20
Palantir CEO Alex Karp sharply criticized closed AI models on CNBC, arguing that discounted token pricing exists not to grow the market but to gain access to companies' proprietary knowledge and improve the vendors' models—with little honest disclosure. He argued open-weight models let enterprises keep knowledge, customization and control inside their own environment, and noted that post-training on open-weight models is rapidly scaling in classified settings because it's cheaper, safer, and preserves control.
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