H (company)
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Industry | Artificial intelligence |
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Founded | 2023 |
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Website | www |
H Company or simply H, formerly known as Holistic AI, is a French startup specializing in the development of artificial intelligence solutions. It focuses on creating AI models to improve various business processes, with the long-term goal of achieving Artificial general intelligence (AGI)[1].
History
[edit]H Company was founded in late 2023 by Charles Kantor, an alumnus of École centrale Paris and Stanford University[2], and three former employees at DeepMind, Laurent Sifre who participated in the AlphaGo research program, Daan Wiestra, a founding member, Karl Tuyls, a specialist in multi-agent systems, and Julien Perolat, also a specialist in multi-agent systems and game theory[3].
The company raised $220 million in 2024 from investors such as Accel, Bpifrance, Amazon, UiPath, Eric Schmidt, Xavier Niel, Eurazeo, Yuri Milner, Aglaé Ventures from Bernard Arnault, and Samsung[4].
In August 2024, three of the co-founders, Karl Tuyls, Daan Wierstra, and Julien Perolat, left the company due to operational disagreements
[5].
In November 2024, the startup announced the release of its agent model, Runner and the creation of a waitlist for API access[6].
Activity
[edit]H Company aims to develop AI agents and "action-oriented" AI models to automate complex tasks and enhance productivity in various sectors. The company seeks to boost productivity by developing cutting-edge action models to enhance worker productivity
and work towards achieving complete General Artificial Intelligence (AGI)[7] · [8].
References
[edit]- ^ Santandrea, Sophie (2024-05-21). "The "H" Company (hcompany.ai) réalise une levée de fonds de 220 millions de dollars pour sa vision de l'intelligence artificielle générale (AGI)". Bpifrance 2024 | Presse. Retrieved 2025-02-17.
- ^ Digitale, Usine (2024-08-27). "H, start-up française d'IA, voit 3 de ses fondateurs partir après une levée de fonds record". Usine Digitale (in French).
- ^ Dillet, Romain (2024-05-21). "French AI startup H raises $220M seed round". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2025-02-17.
- ^ Chhetri, Vivek (2024-05-22). "French company H raises $220M to develop "Action-Oriented" AI — TFN". Tech Funding News. Retrieved 2025-02-17.
- ^ "Three cofounders leave French AI startup H just three months after raising $220m seed". Sifted. Retrieved 2025-02-17.
- ^ Lunden, Ingrid (2024-11-20). "H, the AI startup that raised $220M, launches its first product: Runner H for 'agentic' applications". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2025-02-17.
- ^ "What is H, the French AI startup backed by Europe's richest person?". euronews. 2024-11-23. Retrieved 2025-02-15..
- ^ Dillet, Romain (2024-05-21). "The French AI startup H raises $220 million in initial funding". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2025-02-15..