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Campaign groups rail against Palantir, but the UK contracts keep coming

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Campaign groups rail against Palantir, but the UK contracts keep coming
AI analytics firm has become influential in Whitehall, and FCA deal gives it yet more access to data
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AI analytics firm has become influential in Whitehall, and FCA deal gives it yet more access to data

  • Palantir extends reach into British state as it gets access to sensitive FCA data

Palantir’s latest UK contract takes the AI and data analytics company into the heart of one of Britain’s biggest industries: financial services, which accounts for 9% of the economy.

The Miami-based company embedded its technology in the NHS in 2023, the police in 2024 and the military in 2025. Land and expand, they say in the tech industry. Palantir has followed the script, building contracts worth more than £500m.

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Source: Guardian - World News

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