How much did Gradium raise?

Gradium raised $100M at Seed, announced 9 July 2026.

Neil Zeghidour is Co-founder & CEO of Gradium.

What does Gradium do?

Gradium operates in AI & Machine Learning and is based in France.

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Gradium raises $100M

Gradium announced a Seed round of $100M on 9 July 2026. The company operates in AI & Machine Learning and is based in France. It was founded by Neil Zeghidour, Co-founder & CEO.

Raised

$100M

Stage

Seed

Industry

AI & Machine Learning

Country

France

Founder

Neil Zeghidour

Co-founder & CEO, Gradium

LinkedIn profile gradium.ai

Outreach angles

-Neil Zeghidour previously led audio LLM research at Google Brain and DeepMind.
-He spun Gradium out of French open-science AI lab Kyutai with a team that shaped modern voice research.
-The $100M seed, with Nvidia joining, funds real-time voice AI models and global expansion.