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May 1, 2025

Exclusive: H Company quietly acquires open-source AI agents startup

The operation was carried out in the second half of 2024, sources say

Secretive French AI startup H Company has quietly acquired Mithril Security, another Paris-based business, Sifted has learned. 

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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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