Palantir (PLTR) has won a short-term deal with the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), which will give the AI firm access to fraud, money laundering, and insider trading. The contract is reported to cost over £30,000 per week. However, this contract has been met with controversy, with critics citing a potential privacy risk. The deal reinforces one of Palantir's key arguments in its case that the company is a premier player in the high-stakes AI infrastructure game. If the reported weekly figure holds through the full trial, the deal comes to a cool £360,000 total. This latest contract adds to a larger question about whether Palantar can keep winning trust-sensitive government contracts quickly enough to justify its high-high valuation.