Paris-based AI voice startup Gradium raises $100M seed, backed by Nvidia
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11:34 AM PDT · July 9, 2026
Gradium, a Paris-based startup that offers voice AI models, re-opened its seed round to new investors, including Nvidia, and has now raised $100 million total for the round, it said Thursday.
The company is using the cash to open an office in the Bay Area and compete for talent there, “strengthening its position at the heart of the world’s leading AI ecosystem,” as Gradium put it. Paris is a major European hub for AI, so this is an interesting acknowledgement of the benefits for AI startups in being close to Anthropic, Google, Meta, and OpenAI.
Gradium originally launched out of stealth in December with $70 million from a roster of impressive investors, including FirstMark Capital, Eurazeo, DST Global Partners, Eric Schmidt, and French telecom billionaire Xavier Niel.
The startup was spun out of French AI lab Kyutai(a lab backed by...
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