OVH Groupe entered exclusive negotiations to acquire Gladia; the deal was not yet closed and terms were not disclosed.
SourcePublic company, workplace, funding, and market signals
Updated Jul 29, 2026
Gladia is an AI audio infrastructure company that provides speech-to-text and audio-intelligence APIs for developers and enterprise voice products, with real-time and batch transcription, multilingual support, and enterprise-grade security/compliance.
Primary product
AI audio infrastructure / speech-to-text API
Founded
2022
Headquarters
New York, United States (LinkedIn company profile); Gladia SAS legal office in Cesson-Sévigné/Rennes, France
Team size
51-100
Work style
Remote
Industry
Software Development
Sub-industry
Voice AI / speech-to-text infrastructure
Offices
Business model
Founders
Co-founder
Investors
Mission-driven, multidisciplinary, and developer-focused; public values emphasize benevolence, honesty, and transparency, with an ambitious, research-heavy culture centered on audio AI.
Work style
Remote
Compensation
Public job ads suggest France-based roles typically pay about €55K-€75K base or €60K-€70K base, plus BSPCE equity, depending on seniority and role.
Benefits
Pricing
Transparent usage-based pricing with pay-as-you-go, committed volume, and enterprise plans; pricing is quoted per transcription hour with bundled features.
Differentiators
Technology
Customers
Competitors
Estimated revenue
under $1M
Estimated monthly visits
211K
OVH Groupe entered exclusive negotiations to acquire Gladia; the deal was not yet closed and terms were not disclosed.
SourceOVH Groupe · Jun 2026
OVH Groupe said it had entered exclusive negotiations to acquire Gladia to strengthen its multimodal and agentic AI efforts; the transaction terms were not disclosed.
Gladia blog · Mar 2026
Gladia discussed its partnership with pyannoteAI and how speaker diarization supports improved transcription accuracy and analytics.
Gladia blog · Mar 2026
A podcast-style interview with CEO Jean-Louis Quéguiner about the infrastructure challenges and business use cases for speech AI.
PR Newswire · Oct 2024
Gladia announced a $16M Series A to expand its real-time multilingual transcription and analytics engine; XAnge led the round.
TechCrunch · Jun 2023
TechCrunch covered Gladia's $4M seed round led by New Wave, with Sequoia, Cocoa, and angel investors participating.