What is Palantir and NVIDIA offering to government agencies?

Palantir and NVIDIA are building frontier-class custom models based on NVIDIA Nemotron that run in air-gapped (isolated from external networks) environments. Government agencies and critical infrastructure operators can train the models on their own data using their own infrastructure and retain full ownership of the model weights.

What is Karp's main criticism of OpenAI and Anthropic?

Karp argues that enterprise customers give these companies access to their data to strengthen the AI firms' competitive advantage while gaining little value themselves, and that models are being oversold irresponsibly. He also questions token-based pricing, suggesting that if models delivered real value, vendors would charge based on measurable business outcomes rather than token consumption.

Does Karp say enterprise executives are publicly complaining about AI licensing?

No. Karp said enterprise executives avoid commenting publicly but are privately angry about how models are being sold and the business terms offered by AI vendors.

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Palantir CEO criticizes OpenAI, Anthropic over AI model licensing

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What happened
Palantir CEO Alex Karp said in a CNBC interview that enterprise customers are questioning why they must give data access to AI companies like OpenAI and Anthropic to strengthen those firms' competitive advantage. He argued models are being "oversold irresponsibly" and announced a partnership with NVIDIA to build custom models for U.S. government agencies that run in isolated networks and give customers full ownership of model weights.
Why it matters
Enterprise customers worry they are wasting resources on tokens while losing only intellectual property, according to Karp. Companies prefer models where they retain complete control over computing, data, and model weights rather than relying on third-party vendors, suggesting a shift in how organizations may want to procure and deploy AI systems.
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Palantir and NVIDIA are building "frontier-class" custom models based on NVIDIA Nemotron for U.S. government agencies and critical infrastructure operators, with customers able to train their own data on-premises and maintain full model ownership.

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What is Palantir and NVIDIA offering to government agencies?: Palantir and NVIDIA are building frontier-class custom models based on NVIDIA Nemotron that run in air-gapped (isolated from external networks) environments. Government agencies and critical infrastructure operators can train the models on their own data using their own infrastructure and retain full ownership of the model weights.
What is Karp's main criticism of OpenAI and Anthropic?: Karp argues that enterprise customers give these companies access to their data to strengthen the AI firms' competitive advantage while gaining little value themselves, and that models are being oversold irresponsibly. He also questions token-based pricing, suggesting that if models delivered real value, vendors would charge based on measurable business outcomes rather than token consumption.
Does Karp say enterprise executives are publicly complaining about AI licensing?: No. Karp said enterprise executives avoid commenting publicly but are privately angry about how models are being sold and the business terms offered by AI vendors.

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