# H Company

H Company cofounder Charles Kantor launches new AI neocloud startup
News
September 30, 2026
H Company cofounder Charles Kantor launches new AI neocloud startup
Kantor left the buzzy AI startup just over a year ago after raising $220m in seed funding
Daphné Leprince-Ringuet
Exclusive: H cofounder Laurent Sifre joins Microsoft
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Exclusive
September 4, 2026
Exclusive: H cofounder Laurent Sifre joins Microsoft
Sifre was the last of five cofounders left working at the company
Daphné Leprince-Ringuet
Exclusive: H Company cofounder steps down as CTO
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Exclusive
May 14, 2026
Exclusive: H Company cofounder steps down as CTO
Laurent Sifre has been appointed ‘head of scientific council’, stepping away from operational functions
Daphné Leprince-Ringuet
Forward deployed engineers, the ‘red hot’ role shaking up Europe’s top AI startups
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Analysis
December 15, 2025
Forward deployed engineers, the ‘red hot’ role shaking up Europe’s top AI startups
High-profile companies like Mistral, Lovable and ElevenLabs are all listing openings for the Palantir-inspired role
Daphné Leprince-Ringuet and Miriam Partington
'Huge companies adopted new technologies thanks to FDEs’: H Company COO's Palantir-inspired hiring spree
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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
Daphné Leprince-Ringuet
How to get a job at H Company: ‘It’s so competitive right now’
How to
October 10, 2025
How to get a job at H Company: ‘It’s so competitive right now’
France’s buzzy agentic AI startup is fast growing its team of forward deployed engineers
Daphné Leprince-Ringuet
Revealed: How H Company CEO went from raising $220m to stepping down just one year later
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Profile
July 4, 2025
Revealed: How H Company CEO went from raising $220m to stepping down just one year later
Charles Kantor led H Company as it went from being one of Europe’s most-hyped startups to facing an uncertain future
Daphné Leprince-Ringuet
H Company COO steps down two weeks after new CEO appointed
News
June 25, 2025
H Company COO steps down two weeks after new CEO appointed
Mike Benchimol said he is starting a “new chapter” after an “intense and hectic year”
Daphné Leprince-Ringuet
Gautier Cloix will bring Palantir’s ‘secret sauce’ to H Company after cofounder exodus
Interview
June 20, 2025
Gautier Cloix will bring Palantir’s ‘secret sauce’ to H Company after cofounder exodus
Gautier Cloix spent a decade at US Big Data giant Palantir before taking on the role of CEO at France’s H Company
Daphné Leprince-Ringuet
H Company CEO Charles Kantor replaced by former Palantir exec
News
June 13, 2025
H Company CEO Charles Kantor replaced by former Palantir exec
It comes after three cofounders left the company last year
Daphné Leprince-Ringuet
Secretive AI startup H Company releases series of new agents
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June 3, 2025
Secretive AI startup H Company releases series of new agents
The Paris-based startup released Runner H in beta last November and has since remained in stealth
Daphné Leprince-Ringuet
Exclusive: H Company quietly acquires open-source AI agents startup
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News
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
Daphné Leprince-Ringuet

# H Company

H Company cofounder Charles Kantor launches new AI neocloud startup

Exclusive: H cofounder Laurent Sifre joins Microsoft

Exclusive: H Company cofounder steps down as CTO

Forward deployed engineers, the ‘red hot’ role shaking up Europe’s top AI startups

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

How to get a job at H Company: ‘It’s so competitive right now’

Revealed: How H Company CEO went from raising $220m to stepping down just one year later

H Company COO steps down two weeks after new CEO appointed

Gautier Cloix will bring Palantir’s ‘secret sauce’ to H Company after cofounder exodus

H Company CEO Charles Kantor replaced by former Palantir exec

Secretive AI startup H Company releases series of new agents

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