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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Technology
Robert Booth UK technology editor

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

Peter Thiel, co-founder of PayPal and Palantir, offers a pair of hundred-dollar bills to attendees during a keynote address at the Bitcoin Conference
Palantir, co-founded by the billionaire Donald Trump donor Peter Thiel (pictured), has been appointed for a three-month trial period. Photograph: Rebecca Blackwell/AP

Palantir is to be granted access to a trove of highly sensitive UK financial regulation data, in a deal that has prompted fresh concerns about the US AI company’s deepening reach into the British state, the Guardian can reveal.

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has awarded Palantir a contract to investigate the watchdog’s internal intelligence data in an effort to help it tackle financial crime, which includes investigating fraud, money laundering and insider trading.

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