Palantir comms chief calls company’s political shift ‘concerning’
Alex Karp, CEO of Palantir Technologies, attends the Pennsylvania Energy and Innovation Summit on July 15, 2025, on the campus of Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
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palantir‘s head of global communications said Wednesday that the company’s political shift toward the Trump administration is “concerning.”
“I think it’s going to be difficult because so much of the company is pro-Trump, you know, moving in a certain direction,” the communications chief said. LisaGordon he said in an interview InformationWomen in Technology, Media and Finance peak.
“This is concerning,” he said, noting that he is a Democrat and previously worked on Walter Mondale’s presidential campaign.
President Ronald Reagan defeated Mondale, who served as vice president under Jimmy Carter, in the 1984 presidential election.
“Until recently we were pretty much on both sides, so it hasn’t been that compelling,” Gordon said of Republicans and Democrats. “I’m starting to move down that path right now, moving towards where I feel like there’s a shift.”
Palantir CEO Alex Karp, who has given money to the campaigns of former Vice President Kamala Harris and President Joe Biden, has recently been outspoken about his support for President Donald Trump.
Karp’s “disappointment with the Democrats” pushed him in a different direction politically, Gordon said.
“Palantir welcomes diverse opinions,” Gordon said in an email to CNBC.
“The company has worked through four administrations and is proud to support the nation no matter who is in office,” he wrote.
Palantir, which is also the donor of the White House’s new ballroom under construction, has signed a contract with the US Army worth up to $10 billion over the next decade.
The deal further strengthens the company’s role in the US government’s focus on cost efficiency using artificial intelligence tools.
Palantir also sponsored the president’s parade US Army250th birthday in June.
Gordon’s comments this week show how the internal dynamics work as the company goes through this political movement. Gordon has been with Palantir since 2009.
“You don’t get fired for having a different position, but if you don’t align as in if you don’t support Israel, you ultimately leave,” Gordon said, referring to Karp’s staunch support for Israel during the conflict in Gaza.
Palantir has it provided Vehicles to Israel during the war in Gaza. Israel launched the campaign after Hamas-led fighters attacked southern Israel, killing 1,200 people and bringing 251 hostages back to Gaza.
As of this week, Gaza health officials said 68,000 people were confirmed dead in Israeli attacks and thousands more were missing.
Karp said the company has lost employees and expects to lose more because of its public support for Israel.
“What we try to focus on is missions and staying true to the job, not personalities,” Gordon said.
