Palantir (NASDAQ:PLTR), a leading AI, data integration, and analytics firm used by large corporations and the federal government, has relocated its headquarters to Miami.
The move is part of a broader migration away from high-tax, less business-friendly jurisdictions to the booming South Florida market.
It has been widely reported that a growing number of tech and finance firms, including Fintechs, are setting up shop or relocating to the Sunshine State, which does not have a state income tax.
Additionally, the current Governor, Ron DeSantis, is working to eliminate property taxes for Florida residents.
Alexander Karp, Palantir co-Founder and CEO, has frequently commented on the state of politics, the rise of anti-market sentiment, and wokism. Karp recently stated:
“I fear that a divide is emerging in the world. It is a divide and now perhaps more of a gulf between those who have the temerity to build, to expose themselves to others, to risk failure and defeat—and those whose sense of self is propped up by a purely oppositional identity, a loose constellation of beliefs that one is superior, morally and constitutionally, to others.”
The “Free State of Florida” is known for supporting individual rights and free speech while emphasizing limited government.