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According to TechCrunch, Paris-based AI voice startup Gradium has completed a $100 million seed round of financing, with new investors including Nvidia. Gradium was spun off from the Kyutai AI Lab and co-founded by researcher Neil Zeghidour, who has worked at Google Brain, DeepMind, and Facebook, focusing on ultra-low latency voice AI models.The company emerged from stealth mode last December with $70 million in funding, with investors including FirstMark Capital, Eurazeo, DST Global Partners, Eric Schmidt, and French telecom magnate Xavier Niel. The company plans to use the new funds to open an office in the Bay Area to compete for AI talent and has signed clients including French automaker Renault.

ChainCatcher news, Pump.fun co-founder Alon responded during a podcast when asked about the competitive relationship with Radium's upcoming Launch Lab platform: "We are not afraid of any form of competition. This is not a dispute, but part of the business effort to provide the best products for users. In fact, many innovative platforms in the Ethereum ecosystem and other areas have borrowed some ideas from Pump.fun and iterated on them."Alon believes that multiple different niches will inevitably emerge, and these markets will require their own mechanisms to meet demand. This is an inevitable trend in the industry's development. "As a protocol, Pump.fun aims to be as universal as possible while covering more niches. But we also understand that we cannot cover all markets. Therefore, I look forward to seeing new mechanisms proposed by other teams. If any of them achieve great success, we would be happy to explore the possibility of collaboration."