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October 21, 2026

Exclusive: Former H Company CTO seeks $30m for new startup

Pierre-Louis Cedoz left H at the start of September to launch a new venture with two of his former colleagues

A trio of H Company alumni, including the business’s former CTO, is seeking $30m for a new Paris-based startup focusing on post-training open-weight AI models, Sifted has learnt.

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Daphné Leprince-Ringuet

Daphné Leprince-Ringuet is a senior reporter for Sifted, based in Paris. She covers French tech and writes Sifted's AI and Deeptech newsletter . You can find her on X and LinkedIn

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