Palantir CEO Alex Karp: A Technological Republic 2/18/25

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🗓️ 18 February 2025

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Palantir CEO and co-founder Alex Karp has written a new book: “The Technological Republic: Hard Power, Soft Belief, and the Future of the West.” Karp explains his call to arms for Silicon Valley, underscoring the geopolitics ingrained in Western tech innovation. In Riyadh, the Saudis hosted the U.S. and Russia for discussions to end the Ukraine-Russia War–without the Ukrainians or any other Europeans. Former Deputy National Security Advisor to President Trump Victoria Coates explains the significance of the meetings and what it might portend for geopolitics, including global energy markets, and access to rare earth minerals in Ukraine. Plus, four officials have resigned from the NYC Mayor’s office amid calls for Mayor Adams’ own resignation, and a Delta plane crash in Toronto resulted in zero fatalities. Phil LeBeau - 10:08 Victoria Coates - 18:09 Alex Karp - 27:48 In this episode: Phil LeBeau, @Lebeaucarnews Becky Quick, @BeckyQuick Joe Kernen, @JoeSquawk Andrew Ross Sorkin, @andrewrsorkin Katie Kramer, @Kramer_Katie

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0:00.0	Bring in show music, please.
0:03.0	Hi, I'm CNBC producer Katie Kramer.
0:07.0	Today on Squawk Pod.
0:09.0	The Global Politics of Technology, a new book from Silicon Valley Leader, Palantir CEO, Alex Karp.
0:15.0	I grew up protesting in D.C. with my parents, and no one listened.
0:18.0	If you want to go back to that, just do not read the book.
0:21.4	Pretend this isn't happening.
0:22.9	How the Tech Titan views Tech's power and the politics in Europe, Germany, and the U.S.
0:28.6	I'll tell you something I think Trump does very, very well.
0:31.5	He says, I'm not going to accept a paradigm that essentially leads to a stupid conclusion.
0:37.2	And peace talks for the Ukraine-Russia war in Saudi Arabia, the U.S. Russia, Saudis, but no Ukraine,
0:44.3	Trump's former Deputy National Security Advisor, Victoria Coates.
0:48.1	I find it interesting that what we have here, the world's three largest energy producers,
0:52.6	kind of gathered together.
1:00.0	Plus, the latest on a stunning plane crash on a Toronto runway are Phil LeBoe. It's never one single thing. It's usually a series of events.
1:04.0	The Doge cuts keep a coming, and the Big Apple mayor could be facing a reckoning.
1:09.0	The mayor of New York is now a hostage.
1:11.4	He's a hostage. That's what he is.
1:12.8	He's a hostage of the White House.
1:15.2	It's Tuesday.
1:16.6	Nope, not Monday.
1:18.1	February 18th, 2025, Squawk Pod begins right now.
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