Paris-based Comand AI, a two-year-old startup building AI battlefield strategy planning software, has raised €8.5m in seed funding led by Eurazeo. Existing investor Frst, a French seed-stage fund, and newcomer Expeditions Fund, a Poland-based VC, also participated.
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December 16, 2024
Comand AI raises €8.5m to build battlefield AI software for officers
The startup’s team hails from the likes of OpenAI and Palantir — and it’s on the hunt to hire more from those companies
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