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Xavier Niel

Active VC
Portfolio Active
3
Latest Genesis AI
Deal flow
$535M
3 rounds
Unicorns
0
≥ $1B valuation
Founded
—
Latest
Jul 2026
Gradium

About Xavier Niel

Venture capital firm tracking 3 AI investments, with focus on Foundation Models and FR startups. Total tracked deal flow: $535M.

Investment activity

2023–2026
$330M
$100M
1
'23
1
'26

Sector focus

🧠 Foundation Models 2
🎙️ AI Voice & Speech 2
🦾 AI Robotics 1
🏢 AI Infrastructure 1
🐙 Open Source AI 1

Geographic focus

FR 2
US 1

Portfolio

3

Genesis AI

Universal robotics foundation model for general-purpose physical AI

Gradium

Ultra-low-latency multilingual voice AI models

Kyutai

An open-science AI lab dedicated to building and democratizing Artificial General Intelligence through open research.

Co-investors

8

Eric Schmidt

3 shared

Rodolphe Saadé

1 shared

Schmidt Futures

1 shared

CMA CGM Group

1 shared

iliad Group

1 shared

DST Global Partners

1 shared

Bpifrance

1 shared

Eurazeo

1 shared

Recent rounds

3
Jul 9, 2026 Seed $100M Gradium
Nov 17, 2023 Grant $330M Kyutai
Seed $105M Genesis AI