# Palantir's Karp Says AI Systems Are Now Central to Europe's Security and Economy

The chief executive frames battlefield and economic AI as already indispensable, a claim that serves a company selling exactly those systems.

- Published: 2026-07-16T05:44:01.303Z
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Alex Karp, co-founder and chief executive of Palantir Technologies, argued that Europe already depends on AI systems for both security and economic survival, stating that without them the outcome of the war in Ukraine would have been differ…

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