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Palantir CEO: With AI, economies won't need immigration

  • On January 20, 2026, Alex Karp warned at the World Economic Forum annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland, that AI would eliminate many humanities jobs during a talk with Larry Fink.
  • Karp, a humanities-trained CEO, said his education at Haverford College, Stanford Law School, and a Ph.D. from a top German university shows philosophy skills are hard to market.
  • Karp pointed to battery technicians as highly valuable, highlighted a former police officer now managing MAVEN, and noted Palantir’s Meritocracy Fellowship offering paid internships with full-time interviews after four months.
  • Karp added that `There will be more than enough jobs for the citizens of your nation, especially those with vocational training`, while other CEOs and executives at Davos argued liberal-arts skills remain important.
  • Contextually, Palantir's government ties matter because Alex Karp suggested AI could reduce mass immigration needs, while Palantir Technologies Inc. faces protests for work with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the U.S. Defense Department, linked to cofounder Peter Thiel.
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Within the framework of the World Economic Forum in Davos, the president of Ecuador, Daniel Noboa, held a meeting with Alex Karp, executive director of the technology company Palantir Technologies.

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Business Insider broke the news in United States on Tuesday, January 20, 2026.
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