In a recent interview, Alex Karp runs Palantir, the big‑data company, and leads its strategic direction. He says AI could make a few high‑IQ people very rich, turning them into overnight billionaires, and reshape wealth patterns. 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, a description that many found unsettling, a looming threat. Karp says AI could also worsen the gap between the very rich and everyone else, widening the divide, even as regulators watch, that seems to be speeding up. He thinks his own fortune might explode 20 times if Palantir’s AI bets pay off, a surge he envisions, despite unknowns, showing his optimism.