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June 20, 2025

Gautier Cloix will bring Palantir’s ‘secret sauce’ to H Company after cofounder exodus

Gautier Cloix spent a decade at US Big Data giant Palantir before taking on the role of CEO at France’s H Company

Last week H Company, the Paris-based startup building AI agents, announced cofounder and CEO Charles Kantor had been replaced by former Palantir exec Gautier Cloix.

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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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