Palantir CEO, who advocates anti-work, says after the US Democratic Party's landslide victory, "I am a progressive"

After the U.S. midterm elections held last week ended with a landslide victory for the Democratic Party, Palantir CEO Alex Karp, who had previously made pro-Trump remarks, drastically changed his stance and claimed in an interview that “I am a progressive.”

Before the election, he had spoken out in support of the Donald Trump administration's policy of mass deportation of immigrants and its 'anti-woke' agenda.

'Woke' refers to a progressive trend that emphasizes social and political correctness.

In an interview with the podcast 'The Politico Playbook' released on the 11th (local time), Karp said, "I have been a Democrat my whole life. I grew up in a far-left environment. I know better than almost anyone else on the planet what it means to be a progressive. I am convinced that all Palantir products are inherently progressive."

Karp also said he was glad that President Trump acknowledged that he had "gone too far" on the immigration issue, claiming that this was something he had "been saying in private."

Politico said that large technology companies are succumbing to the Democratic Party's landslide victory in the midterm elections, and selected Karp as the most representative example of this rapid change in attitude.

Politico introduced the positions taken by Karp and Palantir until the midterm elections, saying, “Palantir invested heavily in Trump 2.0 and emerged as a company favored by the administration.”

Karp's remarks came about a week after the Democratic Party swept both houses of Congress, and companies including Palantir are expected to be preparing for a fierce investigation at the congressional level, the American daily Washington Post (WP) pointed out.

Karp has previously declared that Palantir is "completely anti-work" and has publicly supported the Trump administration's policy of deporting immigrants.

In an interview with WP last year, he said, “Unlimited immigration in Europe, where I lived for more than 10 years, was a disaster.”

This is not the first time KAPF has changed its political stance.

Going back further, Karp said a decade ago that he had "nothing to respect" about Trump, and publicly supported Democratic candidate Kamala Harris in the 2024 presidential election.

Meanwhile, Palantir recently decided to appoint former U.S. Senator Jon Tester (Democrat, Montana) as an 'advisor', and as this news became known this week, a strong backlash arose, WP reported.

Tester, a former congressman who has claimed to be an advocate for rural America, said in an interview with public broadcaster NPR, "I think Palantir has a sufficiently compelling story."

He served as a federal senator from 2007 to 2025, and has expressed strong opposition to the Patriot Act, an anti-terrorism law passed during the George W. Bush administration in the wake of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, saying it infringes on people's privacy.

Palantir is in the business of providing information technology (IT) platforms used by intelligence agencies, law enforcement agencies, and the military to collect and compile information and track targets.