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

As a Brit, I've never had the sense the UK (specifically the City of London) has any genuine interest in tackling money laundering. I suspect our economy is structurally reliant upon us being extremely good at it.

> Palantir has previously defended its work, saying it has led to about 99,000 extra operations being scheduled in the NHS

No hard evidence of this was provided or is readily available.

> helped UK police tackle domestic violence

And precisely how was this done?

> Palantir will have to destroy data after completion of the contract

Contractual obligations that are not practically enforceable will not be honored. I don't think these individual administrative agencies have the acumen necessary to correctly negotiate these contracts.

> [Palantir] The Miami-based company, co-founded by the billionaire Donald Trump donor Peter Thiel

And backed by In-Q-Tel, the CIA's venture capital (CIA, the Central Intelligence Agency of the US).

https://fortune.com/2025/07/29/in-q-tel-cia-venture-capital-...

Alex Karp will be held accountable eventually. I can’t think of anyone more evil than that rat fucker