H Company founder launches Blackfuel for AI inference

Charles Kantor, who co-founded Paris-based H Company, has launched a new AI cloud startup called Blackfuel. The company is focused on providing cloud computing services tailored to running AI inference—the process of using trained models to produce results. Blackfuel is positioning itself as a 'neocloud', which generally means optimized for performance, not just general-purpose hosting. Details on funding and public roadmap weren’t disclosed.

• Charles Kantor leads the new venture Blackfuel
• Focuses on cloud for AI inference workloads
• Describes itself as a 'neocloud' for better performance
• No funding details or timeline announced