In a recent interview, Alex Karp runs Palantir, a data analytics firm, steering its growth. He says AI could make a few high‑IQ people very rich, turning them into overnight billionaires, altering the status quo. On July 24, 2026 he called these people "odd IQ shapes you wouldn’t want to have over for dinner", a line that went viral, that raised eyebrows, a potential danger. Karp says AI could also worsen the gap between the very rich and everyone else, deepening economic inequality, with policy eyes on it, that seems to be speeding up. He thinks his own fortune might explode 20 times if Palantir’s AI bets pay off, a leap he predicts, though he admits uncertainty, a projection that reflects his confidence.