AXIOS November 6, 2025
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and Palantir CEO Alex Karp both publicly snubbed questions about fundamentals of their companies this week.
Why it matters: AI enthusiasts think the technology is too transformative to be measured by worldly metrics. Wall Street is starting to disagree.
Catch up quick: In an interview with OpenAI investor and podcaster Brad Gerstner, Altman was asked about the firm’s $13 billion in revenue compared with its $1.4 trillion in planned expenditures.
- “If you want to sell your shares, I’ll find you a buyer,” Altman responded.
- Days later, when Karp was asked about famed “Big Short” investor Michael Burry shorting Palantir and broader concerns about the valuation of the stock, he called Burry “bats—t crazy.”
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