Palantir (PLTR) co-founder says OpenAI and Anthropic's AI policy push is "very dangerous"; backs Amodei as the right leader for Anthropic

Public criticism of AI labs' policy advocacy by a prominent industry co-founder is a recurring feature of technology sectors lobbying over their own regulation: incumbents and adjacent players routinely frame rivals' engagement with policymakers as self-serving, and such interventions have historically signalled an intensifying contest over how rules get written rather than any shift in near-term earnings. The endorsement of the Anthropic chief alongside the criticism of the policy push draws a distinction between the firm's leadership and its public positioning, a split that has tended to matter only once it translates into actual legislative or procurement outcomes. For the named equities, commentary of this kind has not typically been a price event; what has moved the AI complex on policy is concrete regulatory action, government contract decisions, or export and security restrictions, not rhetorical exchanges among founders. The items worth watching are whether the remarks presage coordinated industry positioning on AI legislation, any response from the labs concerned, and follow-through in the form of formal lobbying or testimony. Absent that, this is signalling within an ongoing policy debate rather than a tradeable development.