Palantir CEO Alex Karp has fiercely criticized the US AI industry, particularly OpenAI and Anthropic, for their token-based pricing and 'oversold' AI capabilities. This sparks a debate between closed and open-source AI models. While closed models cite high development costs, proponents of open source argue for greater efficiency and cost savings, potentially saving the global AI economy billions.

“This is the voice of American business that is being channeled through me,” the billionaire cofounder remarked.

Karp says skyrocketing token costs are forcing companies to choose open weight models and prioritize efficiency over so-called tokenmaxxing