Palantir CEO Karp Warns of AI Lab Nationalization as Sanders Pushes Government Ownership Stakes

Palantir CEO Alex Karp warned this week that major artificial intelligence companies risk facing government nationalization, even as Senator Bernie Sanders unveiled legislation that would hand the federal government a 50% ownership stake in the country's leading AI firms. Karp told CNBC on September 17 that without strict liability frameworks, policymakers may view nationalization as the only viable regulatory path—a position that has energized lawmakers who have long urged greater public control over AI development.