Motor-mouth CEO Alex Karp claims Palantir stopped 'innumerable' terror attacks in Europe
The fast-talking Alex Karp took to the stage at the FII Institute conference in Miami last week to tell the audience how proud he was that"innumerable terror attacks" had been stopped by Palantir in Europe.
"I love when I'm getting yelled at in cities in Europe… Keep yelling at me... the only reason why someone's not goose-stepping between me and you is my product. Say thank you," Karp added. You can replay his comments from 1 hour 57 minutes onward in the video below.The CEO was referring to the marching style adopted by German and Italian fascists in the 20th century. From the 1920s to the 1940s, fascism came to prominence in Europe.
But it is software — rather than the collective cultural memory of such events — that is preventing the return of the doctrine in Europe, Karp would have the audience believe.As of last year, cops in several states of Germany are not allowed to use automated data analysis from Palantir, the CIA-backed surveillance software company. The Federal Constitutional Court made the ruling in