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The milestone reflects Gradium's rapid rise as a key player in real-time voice AI as it expands its presence to the San Francisco Bay Area to serve developers and companies at the forefront of building the next generation of AI agents.
PARIS & SAN FRANCISCO — July 8, 2026 — Gradium today announced that it extended its funding to $100 million just seven months after its launch.
As part of an extension of its seed financing, Gradium is welcoming new investors including NVIDIA.
The new funding builds on accelerating momentum for Gradium's voice AI models, and will help accelerate AI research, product development, international expansion, and the establishment of a new office in San Francisco Bay, strengthening its position at the heart of the world's leading AI ecosystem.
Founded in September 2025 by the researchers behind Kyutai, the AI research lab behind pioneering real-time speech systems, Gradium was created to bring years of frontier AI research into production.
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