Palantir CEO slams 'parasitic' critics calling the tech a surveillance tool: 'Not only is patriotism right, patriotism will make you rich'

Palantir CEO Alex Karp is sick and tired of his critics. That much is clear. But during the Yahoo Finance Invest Conference Thursday, he escalated his counteroffensive, aimed squarely at analysts, journalists, and political commentators who have long attacked the company as a symbol of an encroaching surveillance state, or as overvalued.