Palantir Technologies CEO Alex Karp used the company’s second quarter earnings announcement to warn that “Marxist” AI frontier labs threaten to seize control of enterprise data and intellectual property. TechCrunch reports that Alex Karp, who holds a PhD in social theory, wrote in Palantir’s quarterly shareholder letter that AI labs building large language models, such as OpenAI and Anthropic, intend to “capture the means of production of their purported partners.” Palantir differentiates itself by offering model-agnostic AI and analysis software to governments and enterprises. The company’s approach allows organizations to maintain control over their data and AI outputs, including prompts, orchestration and context. In his letter to Palantir shareholders, Karp highlights concerns about leftist AI companies that are explained in Wynton Hall’s instant bestseller Code Red: The Left, the Right, China, and the Race to Control AI.