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French startup Nijta hopes to protect voice privacy in AI use cases
France-based startup Nijta, whose flagship product Voice Harbor anonimizes voices for AI, raised €2 million in funding from various sources, including deep tech VC fund Elaia.
“Nijta’s AI-powered voice anonymization technology offers a solution for many enterprises who are increasingly concerned about data privacy and excited about generative AI,” Elaia investment director Céline Passedouet said in a statement. “Because we are small, we cannot hire many salespeople in different countries.” Instead, it can rely on prospection from a Business France representative in a particular country, “and the cost is mostly subsidized by [Lille’s] Hauts-de-France region.” In addition, it opened doors for the startup in its sister state of Maryland. It should also help that the startup is set to get another €1 million from Bpifrance ‘s deep tech development aid, a combined grant and repayable advance to finance R&D expenditure; this will also make the question of why Srivastava chose Lille and France even easier to answer.
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