Gladia

Gladia provides an end-to-end audio infrastructure designed for developers building voice-enabled products. At its core, the platform offers a single API that handles the entire audio pipeline—recording, transcription, and enrichment—so that raw spoken content is converted into structured, machine-readable data. The service supports multiple input formats: real-time streams via WebSocket, file uploads, and live microphone capture, making it suitable for both synchronous and asynchronous use cases. The transcription engine goes beyond basic speech-to-text by performing precise key entity extraction. For example, it can identify and tag names, dates, locations, product references, and numerical values within conversations, which is critical for applications like meeting notes, customer support analytics, or compliance logging. True multilingual support is baked into the system—audio in dozens of languages can be processed with word-level timestamps and speaker diarization, enabling accurate attribution of who said what in group settings. A major differentiator is 100% EU data residency. All audio and transcript data remain within European Union borders, stored in GDPR-compliant infrastructure. This makes Gladia a natural choice for European startups and enterprises that handle sensitive voice data under strict regulatory requirements. The platform also publishes detailed market research—recently analyzing over 2,100 users across six countries and evaluating 100+ meeting assistant vendors—demonstrating its deep domain expertise. As of the latest data, more than 300,000 users and 2,000 enterprise teams rely on Gladia. These include developers integrating voice interfaces into productivity tools, customer support platforms, medical dictation systems, and virtual event servic