Research Scientist — Frontier AI Lab (Open Science) in Paris

Led by world-class scientists, Kyutai conducts cutting-edge research, focusing in particular on multimodal, adaptable and compact models. Accelerating its daring journey, Kyutai is now seeking outstanding researchers to develop impact-driven projects in fields like generative modeling for language and speech, video understanding, and world models.

🔎 Who we are

Kyutai is a non-profit lab dedicated to open research in Artificial Intelligence. Our team is laser-focused on few, high-impact projects in frontier AI. Less than 2 years after its start, Kyutai has already delivered several ground-breaking models: Moshi, the first full-duplex voice AI allowing natural spoken dialogue with latency under 200ms and no imposed speaker turns; Helium-1, a very compact and powerful multi-lingual open language model; Hibiki, the first voice-to-voice simultaneous translation model that preserves voice and can run on a mobile; MoshiVis, the first visual-speech model to allow natural spoken dialogue around visual content; Unmute, a voice AI that empowers any text LLM with voice, instantly, by wrapping it with Kyutai's streaming speech-to-text and text-to-speech.

Our team is entirely based in Paris but we are open to discussion for exceptional talents across Europe.

📋 Your Missions

As a core member of our research group, you will:

• Contribute directly to the research done at Kyutai

• Publish reproducible research with models and code

• Create demos to showcase our models capabilities

• Have the opportunity to mentor interns and PhDs students

• Contribute to Kyutai’s external visibility

  👩💻 About You

  We are looking for talented research scientists and engineers (all levels) for our team. Ideally you would meet the following criteria:

  • Hands-on experience with multi-GPU model training and large-scale cluster

  • Experience in one or several fields related to Kyutai's areas of research (speech modelling, efficient LLMs, video understanding, world models, etc.)

  • A PhD in an ML-adjacent field or 4+ years of experience in ML engineering positions

  • Key contributions to impactful projects

  • Extreme focus and dedication

  • A taste for autonomous research and curiosity-driven exploration

    ✨ What We Offer

    • Growth & Collaboration: A highly collaborative, positive and stimulating environment where you'll contribute to AI breakthrough with an elite team

    • Open Science: We are committed to open science and we regularly release publications, open-source accessible models and public demos

    • Research Freedom and Compute Resources: We encourage curiosity-driven exploration and autonomy, backed up with ample compute resources to concretise ambitious research directions

    • Competitive Salary: We offer competitive compensation and benefits package

    • Relocation: We offer assistance with relocation and immigration procedures if needed
      

      💡 Interested in joining us?

      We would love to hear about you!