Voice AI startup Gradium reaches $100 million seed round with Nvidia backing

TechCrunch reports that Paris-based Gradium, which builds voice AI models, reopened its seed round to new investors including Nvidia and has now raised $100 million total. The deal shows continued investor appetite for specialized AI model companies outside the US, especially in voice and multimodal interfaces.

Key details: Gradium has raised $100 million total in its seed round, Nvidia joined the reopened round, The Paris-based startup builds voice AI models.

Why it matters: Large seed rounds are still flowing into focused AI-model layers, with Nvidia backing companies that may expand the demand for its ecosystem.