
Deepgram is a foundational AI company focused on building voice technology that transforms human-to-machine interactions. Founded in 2015, they offer advanced voice AI solutions including speech-to-text, text-to-speech, audio intelligence, and a voice agent API. Their platform is used by over 200,000 developers to build voice AI products and features, aiming to power every conversation through advanced, contextualized voice AI models. Deepgram differentiates itself by offering 30% more accurate models, being 3-5x cheaper, and up to 40x faster than competitors, with solutions designed for enterprise use cases such as contact centers, medical transcription, and conversational AI. They offer pay-as-you-go, growth, and enterprise pricing plans, with $200 in free credits to start.

Deepgram is a foundational AI company focused on building voice technology that transforms human-to-machine interactions. Founded in 2015, they offer advanced voice AI solutions including speech-to-text, text-to-speech, audio intelligence, and a voice agent API. Their platform is used by over 200,000 developers to build voice AI products and features, aiming to power every conversation through advanced, contextualized voice AI models. Deepgram differentiates itself by offering 30% more accurate models, being 3-5x cheaper, and up to 40x faster than competitors, with solutions designed for enterprise use cases such as contact centers, medical transcription, and conversational AI. They offer pay-as-you-go, growth, and enterprise pricing plans, with $200 in free credits to start.
Founded: 2015
Product focus: Speech-to-text, text-to-speech, audio intelligence, voice agent APIs
Customers: Used by developers and enterprises; reported >1,300 organizations
Recent valuation: $1.3B (Series C)
Employee count: 189
Automating and improving human-to-machine voice interactions and extracting intelligence from audio.
2015
Artificial Intelligence / Voice AI
$1.8M
$12M
$47M
Described as an extension of Series B
$130M
Announced at a $1.3B valuation
“Includes institutional and strategic backers such as AVP (lead), Alkeon, In-Q-Tel, Madrona, Tiger, Wing, Y Combinator, BlackRock-managed funds, and new participants including Twilio, ServiceNow Ventures, SAP, Citi Ventures, University of Michigan, and Columbia University”