Gladia
Gladia sells an API that converts audio into structured data, supporting over 100 languages. The 59-person company raised $20M in a Series A round in October 2024.
The growth story
Gladia grew from 1 to 59 employees between 2021 and 2026, raising $20M along the way, most recently a Series A in October 2024.
About
Gladia provides infrastructure for developers to process audio files through transcription and data enrichment. Its API outputs structured data from conversations, targeting product teams that need to analyze voice inputs.
The company has 59 employees and recently closed a $20M Series A. Its engineering team makes up nearly a third of staff, with 18 people in that function.
Founders and leadership
Engineering is the largest department with 18 staff. The company has a relatively flat structure, with a median tenure of just one year across employees.
The Gladia org chart
Jean-Louis Quéguiner (Founder & CEO) leads 17 mapped leaders with 3 direct reports. Click +N to expand a team; names link to the person’s public profile.
Departments, and which ones grew
Headcount by function: Engineering 17 (+6% YoY), Entrepreneurship 13 (-7% YoY), Sales 7 (-22% YoY), Marketing 5 (+67% YoY), Business Development 5 (0% YoY).
Talent flow
Employees frequently come from OVHcloud, Aircall, and CybelAngel, with two hires each. Alumni have gone to companies like Salesforce and Contentsquare, though no single destination dominates.
Most common previous employers of Gladia staff: OVHcloud (2), Aircall (2), CybelAngel (2), Tumult Podcast (2), CNRS (2), Klaxoon by Wrike (2). Former Gladia employees most often moved to Nestmed (1), Salesforce (1), Contentsquare (1), n8n (1), docTeller (1), TechnologyMatch.com (1).
Alumni worth knowing
The Gladia mafia
Three alumni-founded companies exist, including Freeda (12 staff) and two smaller ventures in marketing and sustainability.
3Mariano Rodríguez, was Machine Learning Engineer until 2024Nada Chaker, was Marketing and Growth until 2023Samson Shittu, was Technical Product Marketer & Writer until 2024Web traffic
Traffic mix: 48% direct, 40% search, 2% social, 1% paid.
What this company is made of
Most common skills at Gladia: Management (23), English (19), Python (Programming Language) (18), Project Management (18), Microsoft Office (18), Docker Products (15), JavaScript (14), Microsoft Excel (14).
Where the team actually sits
Gladia people are concentrated in Île-de-France, France (10), France (6), Greater Paris Metropolitan Region (5), Brittany, France (4).
Search footprint
Gladia attracts about 1,521 organic search visits a month, traffic worth roughly $6K a month if bought through ads. It gained 319 ranking keywords and lost 218 in the last period.
What employees say
- Compensation
- 4.50 / 5
- Career opportunities
- 4.30 / 5
- Senior management
- 4.00 / 5
- Work-life balance
- 4.50 / 5
Frequently asked
Gladia has 59 employees as of September 2026.
Gladia has raised $20M in total, most recently a Series A round in October 2024.
Gladia was founded in 2022 by Jean-Louis Quéguiner.
Jean-Louis Quéguiner (Founder & CEO) sits at the top of Gladia's reporting structure, with 3 direct reports.
The most common previous employers of current Gladia staff are OVHcloud (2 people), Aircall (2 people), CybelAngel (2 people).
Former Gladia employees most often move to Nestmed (1), Salesforce (1), Contentsquare (1).
At least 3 companies have a founder who previously worked at Gladia, including Freeda, Early Scale Marketing, Sustena.
Gladia attracts about 1,521 organic search visits a month, worth roughly $6K a month in equivalent ad spend.
The most common skills among Gladia staff are Management, English, Python (Programming Language), Project Management, Microsoft Office.
Gladia staff are concentrated in Île-de-France, France (10), France (6), Greater Paris Metropolitan Region (5).
Gladia has about 17 people in Engineering, up 6% over the past year, as of September 2026.
Gladia has about 13 people in Entrepreneurship, down 7% over the past year, as of September 2026.
Computed from 42 current and 28 former Gladia profiles, as of September 2026. Source: Crustdata.
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