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The CEO and co-founder of Palantir is not a fan of campus protests against Israel.
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He called the protests “heathen” and joked that some protesters should travel to North Korea.
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He also said he had “fantasies of using drone-enabled technology to get revenge” on his enemies.
Alex Karp, CEO and co-founder of Palantirsaid at a high-profile event in Washington, D.C., that he wants to send college student protesters to North Korea as part of an “exchange program” to give them perspective.
Politico was first to report Karp’s comments at The Hill and Valley Forum on Wednesday, which was broadcast live on YouTube. Other speakers at the event included the co-founder of AI startup Anthropic, House Speaker Mike Johnson, and several other members of Congress.
In a conversation about the impact of AI on the war in Ukraine and Israel, Jacob Helberg, senior political advisor to the CEO of Palantir, mentioned “pro-Hamas slogans” chanted at “very prestigious universities.”
Karp claimed that some campus protesters were even pro-North Korean.
“We are going to do an exchange program sponsored by Karp,” he said. “A few months in North Korea, nice tasting rind. See how you feel about it.”
Earlier in the chat, Karp criticized the anti-Israel protests in Columbia Universitywhere NYPD officers arrested 300 protesters earlier this week.
“Look at Columbia,” he said. “There is literally no way to explain the investment in our elite schools, and the result is a pagan religion – a pagan religion of mediocrity, discrimination, intolerance and violence.”
He added that he thinks a “double standard” has spread across campuses where protesters are dedicated to “an architecture of anti-discrimination while wearing masks and excluding the population that has been most discriminated against over the last 3,000 years.”
Palantir did not respond to Business Insider’s request for comment.
President Joe Biden commented on Thursday morning about the protests at a press conference, saying they did not lead him to reconsider your stance about Israel.
Karp also said at the conference that he fantasized about attacking his venture capital competitors with drones.
“Historically, I have been someone who has raged against Silicon Valley entrepreneurs,” he said. “And I had all sorts of fantasies about using drone-enabled technology to take revenge – especially targeted – by violating all the norms.”
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