Secretive French AI startup H Company has quietly acquired Mithril Security, another Paris-based business, Sifted has learned.
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Exclusive: H Company quietly acquires open-source AI agents startup
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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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