Comment on How Palantir Will Steal the NHSparentComments−fxtentacle3yThe article nicely explains this. They can buy up all competitors at inflated prices, which means they can hold the NHS hostage with its own data.−josemanuel3ySo can other companies! Once they spent all that money, what prevents other competitors from taking that business from them?−felix_n3yThey can simply not sell them. Palantir "buying" a company in this context means they either buy the owner out or buy controlling shares, in both cases nothing happens from there that they don't want to happen.
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The article nicely explains this. They can buy up all competitors at inflated prices, which means they can hold the NHS hostage with its own data.
So can other companies! Once they spent all that money, what prevents other competitors from taking that business from them?
They can simply not sell them. Palantir "buying" a company in this context means they either buy the owner out or buy controlling shares, in both cases nothing happens from there that they don't want to happen.