diff --git a/keras_hub/api/models/__init__.py b/keras_hub/api/models/__init__.py
index fe220e2d43..a438b047fa 100644
--- a/keras_hub/api/models/__init__.py
+++ b/keras_hub/api/models/__init__.py
@@ -677,6 +677,9 @@
 from keras_hub.src.models.vit_det.vit_det_backbone import (
     ViTDetBackbone as ViTDetBackbone,
 )
+from keras_hub.src.models.voxtral.voxtral_backbone import (
+    VoxTralBackbone as VoxTralBackbone,
+)
 from keras_hub.src.models.whisper.whisper_backbone import (
     WhisperBackbone as WhisperBackbone,
 )
diff --git a/keras_hub/src/models/voxtral/voxtral_backbone.py b/keras_hub/src/models/voxtral/voxtral_backbone.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4dab3eff5d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/keras_hub/src/models/voxtral/voxtral_backbone.py
@@ -0,0 +1,352 @@
+from keras import Input
+from keras import initializers
+from keras import layers
+from keras import mixed_precision
+from keras import ops
+
+from keras_hub.src.api_export import keras_hub_export
+from keras_hub.src.layers.modeling.transformer_encoder import TransformerEncoder
+from keras_hub.src.models.backbone import Backbone
+
+
+def voxtral_kernel_initializer(stddev=0.02):
+    """
+    Create a TruncatedNormal initializer for VoxTral layers.
+
+    Args:
+        stddev (float): Standard deviation of the truncated normal distribution.
+
+    Returns:
+        keras.initializers.Initializer: Truncated normal initializer.
+    """
+    return initializers.TruncatedNormal(stddev=stddev)
+
+
+class ChunkAndPad(layers.Layer):
+    """
+    Pads and splits an input spectrogram into fixed-length chunks.
+
+    This layer ensures the time axis of the input is divisible by
+    `frames_per_chunk` by padding zeros, then reshapes into
+    `(batch * n_chunks, frames_per_chunk, features)`.
+
+    Args:
+        frames_per_chunk (int): Number of frames per chunk.
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self, frames_per_chunk, **kwargs):
+        super().__init__(**kwargs)
+        self.frames_per_chunk = int(frames_per_chunk)
+
+    def call(self, x):
+        """Pad and chunk the input tensor along time dimension."""
+        B, T = ops.shape(x)[0], ops.shape(x)[1]
+        pad_len = (-T) % self.frames_per_chunk
+        x = ops.pad(x, [[0, 0], [0, pad_len], [0, 0]])
+        n_chunks = ops.floor_divide(T + pad_len, self.frames_per_chunk)
+        return ops.reshape(
+            x, [B * n_chunks, self.frames_per_chunk, ops.shape(x)[2]]
+        )
+
+    def compute_output_shape(self, input_shape):
+        """
+        Compute static output shape for Keras/JAX backends.
+
+        Args:
+            input_shape (tuple): (batch, time, features).
+
+        Returns:
+            tuple: (batch * n_chunks, frames_per_chunk, features)
+        """
+        batch, time, feat = input_shape
+        if time is None:
+            n_chunks = None
+        else:
+            import math
+
+            n_chunks = math.ceil(time / self.frames_per_chunk)
+        return (
+            None if batch is None else batch * n_chunks,
+            self.frames_per_chunk,
+            feat,
+        )
+
+    def get_config(self):
+        config = super().get_config()
+        config.update({"frames_per_chunk": self.frames_per_chunk})
+        return config
+
+
+class PositionalEmbedding(layers.Layer):
+    """
+    Learnable positional embedding added to each time step in a chunk.
+
+    Args:
+        length (int): Sequence length of each chunk
+        (frames per chunk post-conv).
+        dim (int): Embedding dimension.
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self, length, dim, **kwargs):
+        super().__init__(**kwargs)
+        self.length = int(length)
+        self.dim = int(dim)
+
+    def build(self, input_shape):
+        """Create the embedding weights."""
+        self.pos_emb = self.add_weight(
+            name="pos_emb",
+            shape=(self.length, self.dim),
+            initializer=initializers.RandomNormal(stddev=0.02),
+            trainable=True,
+            dtype=self.compute_dtype,
+        )
+        super().build(input_shape)
+
+    def call(self, x):
+        """
+        Add the positional embedding to the input tensor.
+
+        Args:
+            x (Tensor): Input tensor of shape (batch, time, dim).
+
+        Returns:
+            Tensor: Input tensor with positional embedding added.
+        """
+        return x + ops.cast(self.pos_emb[None, :, :], x.dtype)
+
+    def compute_output_shape(self, input_shape):
+        """Return same shape as input."""
+        return input_shape
+
+    def get_config(self):
+        config = super().get_config()
+        config.update({"length": self.length, "dim": self.dim})
+        return config
+
+
+class ReassembleChunks(layers.Layer):
+    """
+    Reassembles chunked outputs back into `(batch, time, hidden_dim)`.
+
+    Args:
+        frames_per_chunk (int): Frames per chunk pre-conv.
+        postproc_chunk_len (int, optional): Chunk length after processing.
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self, frames_per_chunk, postproc_chunk_len=None, **kwargs):
+        super().__init__(**kwargs)
+        self.frames_per_chunk = int(frames_per_chunk)
+        self.postproc_chunk_len = (
+            None if postproc_chunk_len is None else int(postproc_chunk_len)
+        )
+
+    def call(self, processed_chunks, orig_spectrogram):
+        """
+        Reassemble processed chunks into a continuous time sequence.
+
+        Args:
+            processed_chunks (Tensor): Output of transformer layers
+                of shape (B*n_chunks, T_chunk, H).
+            orig_spectrogram (Tensor): Original input spectrogram
+                of shape (B, T, F).
+
+        Returns:
+            Tensor: Reassembled tensor of shape (B, T', H).
+        """
+        B, T = ops.shape(orig_spectrogram)[0], ops.shape(orig_spectrogram)[1]
+        n_chunks = ops.cast(
+            ops.floor_divide(
+                T + self.frames_per_chunk - 1, self.frames_per_chunk
+            ),
+            "int32",
+        )
+        T_chunk, H = (
+            ops.shape(processed_chunks)[1],
+            ops.shape(processed_chunks)[2],
+        )
+        return ops.reshape(processed_chunks, [B, n_chunks * T_chunk, H])
+
+    def compute_output_shape(self, input_shape):
+        """Return shape compatible with a single long sequence."""
+        return input_shape
+
+    def get_config(self):
+        config = super().get_config()
+        config.update(
+            {
+                "frames_per_chunk": self.frames_per_chunk,
+                "postproc_chunk_len": self.postproc_chunk_len,
+            }
+        )
+        return config
+
+
+@keras_hub_export("keras_hub.models.VoxTralBackbone")
+class VoxTralBackbone(Backbone):
+    """
+    VoxTral audio encoder + adapter backbone.
+
+    This model implements the encoder portion of the VoxTral model.
+    It takes a log-Mel spectrogram and produces a sequence of hidden states.
+
+    Args:
+        num_layers (int): Number of transformer layers.
+        num_heads (int): Number of attention heads.
+        hidden_dim (int): Embedding size.
+        intermediate_dim (int): Size of feedforward network hidden layer.
+        adapter_downsample (int): Pooling factor after adapter dense.
+        dropout (float): Dropout probability.
+        max_chunk_seconds (int): Chunking length in seconds.
+        sr (int): Audio sample rate.
+        hop_length (int): Hop length for spectrogram frames.
+        dtype (str or mixed_precision.Policy, optional): Layer dtype.
+    """
+
+    def __init__(
+        self,
+        num_layers=32,
+        num_heads=20,
+        hidden_dim=1280,
+        intermediate_dim=5120,
+        adapter_downsample=4,
+        dropout=0.1,
+        max_chunk_seconds=30,
+        sr=16000,
+        hop_length=160,
+        dtype=None,
+        **kwargs,
+    ):
+        """Initialize the VoxTral backbone."""
+        # Store configuration
+        self.num_layers = int(num_layers)
+        self.num_heads = int(num_heads)
+        self.hidden_dim = int(hidden_dim)
+        self.intermediate_dim = int(intermediate_dim)
+        self.adapter_downsample = int(adapter_downsample)
+        self.dropout = float(dropout)
+        self.max_chunk_seconds = int(max_chunk_seconds)
+        self.sr = int(sr)
+        self.hop_length = int(hop_length)
+
+        # Frames per chunk before conv
+        self.frames_per_chunk_preconv = int(
+            self.max_chunk_seconds * (self.sr / self.hop_length)
+        )
+        self.postconv_frames_per_chunk = self.frames_per_chunk_preconv // 2
+
+        # --- Mixed precision policy ---
+        if dtype is None:
+            policy = mixed_precision.global_policy()
+        elif isinstance(dtype, str):
+            policy = mixed_precision.Policy(dtype)
+        elif isinstance(dtype, dict):  # coming from config
+            policy = mixed_precision.Policy(dtype["config"]["name"])
+        else:
+            policy = dtype  # already a Policy
+
+        variable_dtype = policy.variable_dtype
+        compute_dtype = policy.compute_dtype
+        self._policy = policy  # save for get_config()
+
+        # --- Layers ---
+        self.conv_stem_1 = layers.Conv1D(
+            filters=self.hidden_dim,
+            kernel_size=3,
+            strides=2,
+            padding="same",
+            activation="relu",
+            kernel_initializer=voxtral_kernel_initializer(),
+            dtype=variable_dtype,
+            name="conv_stem_1",
+        )
+        self.conv_stem_2 = layers.Conv1D(
+            filters=self.hidden_dim,
+            kernel_size=3,
+            strides=1,
+            padding="same",
+            activation="relu",
+            kernel_initializer=voxtral_kernel_initializer(),
+            dtype=variable_dtype,
+            name="conv_stem_2",
+        )
+
+        self.transformer_layers = [
+            TransformerEncoder(
+                num_heads=self.num_heads,
+                intermediate_dim=self.intermediate_dim,
+                dropout=self.dropout,
+                name=f"transformer_layer_{i}",
+                dtype=variable_dtype,
+            )
+            for i in range(self.num_layers)
+        ]
+
+        self.adapter_dense = layers.Dense(
+            self.hidden_dim,
+            activation="relu",
+            kernel_initializer=voxtral_kernel_initializer(),
+            dtype=variable_dtype,
+            name="adapter_dense",
+        )
+        self.adapter_pool = layers.AveragePooling1D(
+            pool_size=self.adapter_downsample,
+            strides=self.adapter_downsample,
+            padding="valid",
+            name="adapter_downsample",
+            dtype=variable_dtype,
+        )
+
+        self.pos_emb = PositionalEmbedding(
+            self.postconv_frames_per_chunk,
+            self.hidden_dim,
+            name="pos_emb",
+            dtype=variable_dtype,
+        )
+
+        # --- Functional graph ---
+        spectrogram_input = Input(
+            shape=(None, 128), dtype=compute_dtype, name="spectrogram"
+        )
+        x = ChunkAndPad(
+            self.frames_per_chunk_preconv,
+            name="chunk_and_pad",
+            dtype=compute_dtype,
+        )(spectrogram_input)
+        x = self.conv_stem_1(x)
+        x = self.conv_stem_2(x)
+        x = self.pos_emb(x)
+        for transformer_layer in self.transformer_layers:
+            x = transformer_layer(x)
+        x = self.adapter_dense(x)
+        x = self.adapter_pool(x)
+        outputs = ReassembleChunks(
+            self.frames_per_chunk_preconv,
+            name="reassemble_chunks",
+            dtype=compute_dtype,
+        )(x, spectrogram_input)
+
+        super().__init__(
+            inputs=spectrogram_input,
+            outputs=outputs,
+            dtype=compute_dtype,
+            **kwargs,
+        )
+
+    def get_config(self):
+        config = super().get_config()
+        config.update(
+            {
+                "num_layers": self.num_layers,
+                "num_heads": self.num_heads,
+                "hidden_dim": self.hidden_dim,
+                "intermediate_dim": self.intermediate_dim,
+                "adapter_downsample": self.adapter_downsample,
+                "dropout": self.dropout,
+                "max_chunk_seconds": self.max_chunk_seconds,
+                "sr": self.sr,
+                "hop_length": self.hop_length,
+                "dtype": self._policy.name,  # store string
+            }
+        )
+        return config
diff --git a/keras_hub/src/models/voxtral/voxtral_backbone_test.py b/keras_hub/src/models/voxtral/voxtral_backbone_test.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..03f792f69e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/keras_hub/src/models/voxtral/voxtral_backbone_test.py
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+import pytest
+from keras import mixed_precision
+from keras import ops
+
+from keras_hub.src.models.voxtral.voxtral_backbone import VoxTralBackbone
+from keras_hub.src.tests.test_case import TestCase
+
+
+class VoxTralBackboneTest(TestCase):
+    """Unit tests for VoxTralBackbone."""
+
+    def setUp(self):
+        """Initialize default backbone arguments and input data."""
+        self.init_kwargs = {
+            "num_layers": 2,
+            "num_heads": 2,
+            "hidden_dim": 16,
+            "intermediate_dim": 32,
+            "adapter_downsample": 2,
+            "dropout": 0.0,
+            "max_chunk_seconds": 1,
+            "sr": 16000,
+            "hop_length": 160,
+        }
+        # Dummy input: shape (batch, time, features)
+        self.input_data = ops.ones((1, 2542, 128), dtype="float32")
+
+    def test_backbone_basics(self):
+        """Test forward pass and output shape with float32."""
+        mixed_precision.set_global_policy("float32")
+        self.run_backbone_test(
+            cls=VoxTralBackbone,
+            init_kwargs=self.init_kwargs,
+            input_data=self.input_data,
+            expected_output_shape=(1, 650, 16),
+        )
+
+    @pytest.mark.large
+    def test_saved_model(self):
+        """Test saving and loading the model."""
+        self.run_model_saving_test(
+            cls=VoxTralBackbone,
+            init_kwargs=self.init_kwargs,
+            input_data=self.input_data,
+        )