Gradiumが$100Mを調達、超低レイテンシ音声モデルでElevenLabsに挑戦
パリ拠点の音声AIスタートアップGradiumは、Nvidiaの支援を得て$100Mのシードラウンドを調達し、ベイエリアオフィスの開設と超低レイテンシオーディオモデルのスケールを図ります。音声AI市場におけるElevenLabsとの熾烈な競争を示唆しています。
paris-based voice ai startup gradium raised a $100m seed round backed by nvidia to open a bay area office and scale its ultra-low latency audio models. the startup spun out of kyutai and co-founded by former google brain researcher neil zeghidour, secured the funding to compete for talent and proximity to giants like anthropic and meta. this move signals growing demand for responsive voice agents, directly challenging elevenlabs and google gemini. gradium has already landed renault as a customer, proving its tech works for enterprise clients.