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Peter Geoghegan and Lucas Amin · ‘This looks absolutely rubbish’: Palantir and the NHS

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A decade ago Palantir was largely unknown in the UK. It now holds public contracts worth hundreds of millions of pounds...

Vol. 48 No. 13 · 23 July 2026 ‘This looks absolutely rubbish’ Peter Geoghegan and Lucas Amin on Palantir and the NHS Share on Bluesky Share on Facebook Share Email Print 7288 words T here's ​ no sign over the door of Palantir's UK headquarters, an eight-storey neoclassical building in Soho Square. The windows are lined with thick reflective glass. When we tried to take some photographs outside recently, a man with a lanyard told us to stop. He wouldn't be drawn on his employer: 'It's just a tech company.' Two independent sources who have attended meetings there with senior Palantir staff

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