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French voice AI startup Gradium hits $100M seed as Nvidia joins

July 9, 2026 at 14:38 EDT

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Paris-based voice AI startup Gradium reopened its seed round on July 9, 2026, raising about $30 million more from new investors including Nvidia. Combined with the $70 million secured in December 2025, its seed total now exceeds $100 million.

July 9, 2026 · Gradium

Voice AI startup Gradium crosses $100M seed as Nvidia joins

The Paris-based, Kyutai spin-out reopened its seed round, adding ~$30M from new backers including Nvidia — funding a new San Francisco office, research, and product development.

$100M+

Total seed raised

~$500M

Reported valuation (undisclosed)

Initial languages: EN, FR, DE, ES, PT

Building the seed round to $100M+

Each block = ~$10M

$70M

Initial
Dec 2025

~$30M

Extension
Jul 2026

Key investors

FirstMark Capital Eurazeo Nvidia (new) Xavier Niel DST Global Eric Schmidt

A faster release cadence as the pitch

Time between model updates — shorter is faster

~1 mo

Gradium

6–12 mo

Rivals (per Gradium)

Momentum

Developers welcome the raise; thousands of firms already use the models, from Renault to medical secretaries and support. EU voice AI raised €536M in H1 2026, up ~50% YoY.

Still to prove

Public benchmarks, pricing, and hands-on evaluations remain limited. With both products and funding very recent, real-world validation is yet to come against ElevenLabs, OpenAI, Meta, Mistral and Google.

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