A picture of H Company's COO Géraldine Lafontaine

The big interview

December 10, 2025

'Huge companies adopted new technologies thanks to FDEs’: H Company COO's Palantir-inspired hiring spree

Géraldine Lafontaine previously worked at Palantir and Birdie before joining agentic AI startup H Company three months ago

Three months ago Palantir alum Géraldine Lafontaine joined Paris-based agentic AI startup H Company as chief operating officer (COO) — and was reunited with quite a few of her former colleagues.

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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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