Y Combinator (YC) alum Parallel has raised a $20m Series A to build AI agents that can carry out administrative tasks in hospitals.
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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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