# The CEO of America's most powerful surveillance company spent $200 million on places nobody can find him

> The irony writes itself, a man who built a fortune helping governments track citizens has spent a fortune making sure nobody can track him. It is a useful reminder that the executives shaping how AI and surveillance intersect often want the opposite of what they are selling for themselves. Read it as character study more than business news, but one that colors how you should read Karp's public pronouncements about AI and institutions.

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## Wortins' read

The irony writes itself, a man who built a fortune helping governments track citizens has spent a fortune making sure nobody can track him. It is a useful reminder that the executives shaping how AI and surveillance intersect often want the opposite of what they are selling for themselves. Read it as character study more than business news, but one that colors how you should read Karp's public pronouncements about AI and institutions.

## Source

[Read the full story at The Next Web](https://thenextweb.com/news/palantir-ceo-alex-karp-real-estate-privacy-surveillance)

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