A French <-bsp-bb-link state="{"bbHref":"bbg://screens/AI%20TOP","_id":"0000018f-9b4b-de3b-adcf-dbeb88b90000","_type":"0000016b-944a-dc2b-ab6b-d57ba1cc0000"}">artificial intelligence-bsp-bb-link> startup, simply called H, has raised $220 million in initial financing from a slew of <-bsp-bb-link state="{"bbHref":"bbg://screens/RICH","_id":"0000018f-9b4b-de3b-adcf-dbeb88b90001","_type":"0000016b-944a-dc2b-ab6b-d57ba1cc0000"}">billionaires-bsp-bb-link> and venture capitalists on the promise of building the next generation of powerful AI tools.