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Nvidia backs Gradium, voice AI startup raises $100M
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- →Gradium's funding highlights the growing importance of voice AI technologies.
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- →The investment will accelerate Gradium's expansion and product development.
French voice AI startup Gradium has raised over $100 million in its seed round, with Nvidia joining as a new investor. This funding comes just seven months after Gradium's launch and follows an initial $70 million tranche led by Firstmark and Eurazeo. Gradium, which spun out of the AI research lab Kyutai, focuses on tools for voice applications, including real-time text-to-speech and speech-to-text models. The new funds will help the startup expand to San Francisco and enhance its research and development capabilities. This investment highlights the intensifying competition in the voice AI sector.
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