Alex Karp, CEO of Palantir Technologies, speaks on a panel titled Power, Purpose, and the New American Century at the Hill and Valley Forum at the U.S. Capitol on April 30, 2025. in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)I think about Alex Karp more than I’d like to. If you’ve never heard of Karp, he’s the CEO and co-founder (along with the notorious Peter Thiel) of Palantir Technologies, a company that makes “products for human-d…