Voice AI start-up Gradium made a grand entrance last week, announcing a massive $70 million seed round alongside the release of its first product. This milestone comes just three months after the company emerged from stealth mode, a phase during which it aimed to operate quietly and under the radar.
Behind this element of surprise lies a decade’s worth of research, much of it conducted most recently at a non-profit research lab in Paris. Gradium’s founders intend to build upon this extensive research to position themselves as world leaders in AI systems capable of understanding, generating, and translating voices.
“Our plan is that by the end of 2026, on all objective aspects of voice—which include quality, latency, robustness, and precision—we are much better than any other solution on the market,” said co-founder and chief executive Neil Zeghidour. He shared this vision during the ai-Pulse event held in Paris on December 4, where he also demonstrated the new technology.
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