Palantir shares slide after manifesto post denouncing 'regressive' cultures

Palantir shares slide after manifesto post denouncing 'regressive' cultures Submitted by Alex MacDonald on Mon, 04/20/2026 - 13:45 Tech company faces backlash after 'cartoonishly evil' post denouncing pluralism, 'harmful' cultures and scrutiny of public officials Palantir CEO Alex Karp speaks onstage during the 2025 New York Times DealBook Summit at Jazz at Lincoln Center in New York, US, 3 December 2025 (Michael M Santiago/Getty Images via AFP) Off Shares in technology company Palantir slid on Monday after it posted a "manifesto" on social media over the weekend denouncing "regressive" cultures and espousing other far-right principles. The company, which has military contracts with the US , UK and Israel , among others, has already attracted controversy over a range of issues including involvement in Israel's genocide in Gaza . Palantir issued its 22-point manifesto in a post on Saturday, presaging it by saying "we get asked a lot about it".