Three of the five cofounders behind French AI startup H Company have left just three months after raising a $220m seed round and before the company has publicly released a product.
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August 24, 2024
Three cofounders leave French AI startup H just three months after raising $220m seed
Karl Tuyls, Daan Wierstra and Julien Perolat are leaving the company due to “operational differences”
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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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