Paris-based AI voice startup Gradium raises 100M seed, backed by Nvidia
Paris-based AI voice startup Gradium closed a $100 million seed round, adding $30 million from Nvidia to an initial $70 million raised from FirstMark Capital, Eurazeo, DST Global Partners, Eric Schmidt, and Xavier Niel.
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Paris-based AI voice startup Gradium closed a $100 million seed round, adding $30 million from Nvidia to an initial $70 million raised from FirstMark Capital, Eurazeo, DST Global Partners, Eric Schmidt, and Xavier Niel. The company, spun out of French AI lab Kyutai and co-founded by former Google Brain and DeepMind researcher Neil Zeghidour, builds audio AI models that deliver near-instantaneous voice responses for AI agents.
Gradium is using the funding to open a Bay Area office to compete for talent, with automaker Renault already among its customers.
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