French AI Startup H Replaces CEO With Former Palantir Executive

Charles Kantor, the chief executive officer of French artificial intelligence startup H Company, has been replaced in his role by the former head of Palantir Technologies Inc.’s local unit.

Incoming CEO Gautier Cloix is charged with scaling commercial operations with major enterprise customers, H said in a statement on Thursday.

H, which was founded last year by ex-Google Deepmind employees to build so-called AI agents, has faced high turnover in its ranks. Kantor co-founded the startup with DeepMind alum Laurent Sifre, who continues to lead its research. Three other co-founders left the company last year over what H called ...