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Palantir CEO Slams “Tokenmaxxing” by AI Companies, Bats for AI Sovereignty With Product Launch

Palantir CEO Alex Karp criticised the token-based business model of AI labs such as OpenAI and Anthropic, days after the company posted a nine-point manifesto on AI sovereignty. (Representative image)

In a post on X, the company said AI sovereignty determines an institution’s future, adding that sovereignty is the precondition for choice — and slammed “tokenmaxxing,” the pursuit of high AI token usage that it says creates an addictive feeling of false progress.