亚历克斯·卡普知道人们在背后议论他。但他声称,公司最近的成功足以动摇他的批评者。
卡普在周一的财报电话会议上表示:“现在每次开会时,我们不说‘哦,是的,Palantir很伟大,但他们无所畏惧的领导者疯疯癫癫,可能会跑到新罕布什尔州的公社去’,而是说,‘是的,我们的产品是最好的,我们有很优秀的产品。’”
Palantir的收入在一年内增长了30%,超出华尔街预期。在第三季度财报发布后的第二天上午,该公司股价上涨了20%以上。
卡普在财报发布会上表示:“我们这个季度绝对是大获全胜。”他将增长归功于“持续强劲的AI需求”,特别是在美国市场。他补充道:“鉴于我们的业绩如此强劲,我几乎觉得我们应该回家了。”
CNBC的吉姆·克莱默表示,卡普对自己声誉的认知是罕见的,并且他似乎对此持积极的态度。克莱默发推文称:“至少在电话会议上,很少有CEO会谈论自我满足并承认自己疯狂,但我不得不承认卡普的这种疯狂正在吸引我,Palantir的故事也很吸引人。”
《财富》杂志已联系卡普请求置评。
亚历克斯·卡普和Palantir两极化的声誉
Palantir是一家以《指环王》(The Lord of the Rings)中的水晶球命名的软件公司,其因为在与美国军方合作时被用于不光彩的用途而备受批评。国际特赦组织(Amnesty International)以人权问题为由,指出这家软件公司“在政府运作中日益根深蒂固的角色”。
科技界的中流砥柱、记者卡拉·斯威舍在《纽约时报》中批评了Palantir的理念。她表示:“虽然Palantir承诺提供一种更高效和更具成本效益的战争方式,但让战争变得成本更低、更容易和痛苦更少,这应该是我们的目标吗?毕竟,战争不是、也不应该是电子游戏。”
但该公司CEO的行为同样具有争议性。卡普罕见地在接受《纽约时报》采访时分享了他对西方优越感的看法,称他的公司立场是“西方有一种更优越的生活和组织方式,特别是如果我们能够实现我们的愿望。”
在同一次采访中,卡普透露他不会开车,独自一人住在新罕布什尔州,但有一群全职员工(包括一名滑雪教练)照顾他的起居。尽管有媒体爆料他利用公司帮助前总统特朗普驱逐移民,他声称自己是“进步派”。
卡普表示:“我只是觉得我一直认为自己不合群,也不能真正尝试去合群。”卡普支持贺锦丽,但他也在比尔·马赫的节目中声称加州“太觉醒”。
卡普在2020年接受Axios采访时表示:“过去15年来,我一直与硅谷保持距离。所以我习惯了在硅谷保持社交距离。现在保持社交距离已经成为一种生活方式。”(财富中文网)
译者:刘进龙
审校:汪皓
亚历克斯·卡普知道人们在背后议论他。但他声称,公司最近的成功足以动摇他的批评者。
卡普在周一的财报电话会议上表示:“现在每次开会时,我们不说‘哦,是的,Palantir很伟大,但他们无所畏惧的领导者疯疯癫癫,可能会跑到新罕布什尔州的公社去’,而是说,‘是的,我们的产品是最好的,我们有很优秀的产品。’”
Palantir的收入在一年内增长了30%,超出华尔街预期。在第三季度财报发布后的第二天上午,该公司股价上涨了20%以上。
卡普在财报发布会上表示:“我们这个季度绝对是大获全胜。”他将增长归功于“持续强劲的AI需求”,特别是在美国市场。他补充道:“鉴于我们的业绩如此强劲,我几乎觉得我们应该回家了。”
CNBC的吉姆·克莱默表示,卡普对自己声誉的认知是罕见的,并且他似乎对此持积极的态度。克莱默发推文称:“至少在电话会议上,很少有CEO会谈论自我满足并承认自己疯狂,但我不得不承认卡普的这种疯狂正在吸引我,Palantir的故事也很吸引人。”
《财富》杂志已联系卡普请求置评。
亚历克斯·卡普和Palantir两极化的声誉
Palantir是一家以《指环王》(The Lord of the Rings)中的水晶球命名的软件公司,其因为在与美国军方合作时被用于不光彩的用途而备受批评。国际特赦组织(Amnesty International)以人权问题为由,指出这家软件公司“在政府运作中日益根深蒂固的角色”。
科技界的中流砥柱、记者卡拉·斯威舍在《纽约时报》中批评了Palantir的理念。她表示:“虽然Palantir承诺提供一种更高效和更具成本效益的战争方式,但让战争变得成本更低、更容易和痛苦更少,这应该是我们的目标吗?毕竟,战争不是、也不应该是电子游戏。”
但该公司CEO的行为同样具有争议性。卡普罕见地在接受《纽约时报》采访时分享了他对西方优越感的看法,称他的公司立场是“西方有一种更优越的生活和组织方式,特别是如果我们能够实现我们的愿望。”
在同一次采访中,卡普透露他不会开车,独自一人住在新罕布什尔州,但有一群全职员工(包括一名滑雪教练)照顾他的起居。尽管有媒体爆料他利用公司帮助前总统特朗普驱逐移民,他声称自己是“进步派”。
卡普表示:“我只是觉得我一直认为自己不合群,也不能真正尝试去合群。”卡普支持贺锦丽,但他也在比尔·马赫的节目中声称加州“太觉醒”。
卡普在2020年接受Axios采访时表示:“过去15年来,我一直与硅谷保持距离。所以我习惯了在硅谷保持社交距离。现在保持社交距离已经成为一种生活方式。”(财富中文网)
译者:刘进龙
审校:汪皓
Alex Karp knows people talk behind his back. But he claims that his company’s recent success is enough to sway his critics.
“Instead of going into every meeting saying, ‘Oh, yes, Palantir is great, but their fearless leader is batshit crazy, and he might go off to his commune in New Hampshire,’ whatever thing we’re saying, it’s now like, yes, the products are best, and we have great products,” Karp said in an earnings call Monday.
Beating Wall Street’s expectations, Palantir’s revenue increased by 30% in just one year. The morning after third-quarter earnings were released, shares rose by over 20%.
“We absolutely eviscerated this quarter,” Karp said in the earnings release, attributing said growth to “unrelenting AI demand,” especially within the U.S. “Given how strong our results are, I almost feel like we should just go home,” he added.
CNBC’s Jim Cramer said Karp’s recognition of his reputation is rare, and seemed to be in favor of it. “Very few CEOs on conference calls—at least–—talk about self-pleasuring and admitting that they are crazy, but I have to admit Karp’s insanity is growing on me and the Palantir narrative is compelling,” he tweeted.
Fortune has reached Karp for comment.
Alex Karp and Palantir’s polarizing reputation
The software company, which is named after a crystal ball in The Lord of the Rings, has faced criticism for its dark usages while working with the U.S. military. Amnesty International has called out the software company’s “increasingly entrenched role in government operations,” citing human rights concerns.
Mainstay of the tech world, journalist Kara Swisher criticized Palantir’s ethos in The New York Times. “While Palantir promises a more efficient and cost-effective way to conduct war, should our goal be to make it less expensive, onerous and painful? After all, war is not a video game, nor should it be,” she said.
But its CEO is no less divisive. Karp shared his views on Western supremacy in a rare interview with the New York Times, saying his company has a stance “that the West has a superior way of living and organizing itself, especially if we live up to our aspirations.”
In that same interview, Karp revealed he doesn’t know how to drive, lives in New Hampshire by himself with a full staff (including a ski instructor), and claims to be “progressive” despite reportedly using his company to aid former President Trump in deporting immigrants.
“I just think I’ve always viewed myself as I don’t fit in, and I can’t really try to,” said Karp, who has backed Kamala Harris, but also claimed that California is “too woke” on Bill Maher.
“I’ve been distanced [from Silicon Valley] for the last 15 years. And so I’m used to being social distanced in the Valley. And now social distancing has become a way of life,” Karp said in an interview with Axios in 2020.