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UK Fears Grow Over AI Giant Palantir’s Health Service Deal

Doctors, MPs and campaigners want the government to use a 2027 break clause to end Palantir’s £330m contract to run the NHS Federated Data Platform. We explain what the deal covers, the five separate fears behind the row, the case Palantir and ministers make for it, the options at the break point, and the lessons for UK organisations buying critical software.

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Anthropic Seeks 50.1% Voting Control for Co-Founders Ahead of IPO

Anthropic is asking shareholders to approve a Palantir-style structure that would give Dario Amodei and six co-founders 50.1% of the votes on most matters, held through one LLC, while its Long-Term Benefit Trust keeps the power to appoint a board majority. We explain the plan, why 50.1% crosses a line Palantir avoids, what public investors give up, and what it means for businesses that rely on Claude.

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Forward-Deployed Engineering Is How Enterprise AI Learns

Forward-deployed engineering has become the centre of the enterprise AI land grab. AWS is spending $1 billion to embed thousands of engineers with customers, Palantir’s decade-old playbook is now the industry default, and OpenAI and Anthropic hire for the role by name. This article explains what forward-deployed engineers actually do, why 95% of AI pilots failed without them, how the embedded learning loop works, what the talent shortage means, and how mid-sized businesses can buy the same loop at their own scale.

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