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Deepgram

AI · San Francisco, United States · Founded 2015

Real-time APIs for speech-to-text, text-to-speech, and voice agents MoreLess

Deepgram is a technology startup that specializes in artificial intelligence (AI) for speech recognition. The company's primary product is a set of APIs (Application Programming Interfaces) that developers can integrate into their applications to transcribe and understand audio content. Deepgram's technology is used by a wide range of clients, from startups to large enterprises like NASA, to process millions of audio minutes each day.

The company operates in the AI and machine learning market, specifically in the sub-sector of speech recognition and transcription. Its technology is designed to be fast, accurate, scalable, and cost-effective, which makes it appealing to businesses of all sizes that need to process large volumes of audio data.

Deepgram's business model is based on a pay-per-use system. Clients pay to use the company's APIs based on the amount of audio they need to transcribe. This model allows the company to scale its revenue in line with its clients' usage, making it a potentially lucrative proposition as the demand for speech recognition technology continues to grow.

In terms of its financial performance, Deepgram is a private company and does not publicly disclose its financials. However, the company's focus on a high-growth market and its impressive client list suggest that it is well-positioned for future success.

Keywords: Artificial Intelligence, Speech Recognition, Transcription, APIs, Scalable, Cost-effective, Pay-per-use, High-growth Market, Audio Processing, Machine Learning.

Valuation $1–2.5B
Revenue $100–500M
Headcount 100–500
Total funding $100–500M
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Deepgram's talent

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Employees mapped 344 incl. 18 AI specialists
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Key operators 17 quality Hidden — book a demo/100
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Investors

21 investors on Deepgram's cap table

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Seed 2 investors entered at this stage
Boost VC
Y Combinator
Series A 11 investors entered at this stage
Series B+ 8 investors entered at this stage
Advance Venture Partners
SAP
Columbia University
Twilio
Alumni Ventures
ServiceNow Ventures
Princeville Capital
University of Michigan

Global footprint

Where Deepgram has talent and traffic

Workforce by country
22 countries with
team presence
🇺🇸 United States75.3%
🇵🇭 Philippines6.8%
🇬🇧 United Kingdom3%
🇩🇪 Germany2.1%
🇮🇳 India1.3%
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Web traffic by country
780K monthly visits
across markets
🇺🇸 United States24.6%
🇮🇳 India7.6%
🇮🇩 Indonesia6.9%
🇵🇰 Pakistan3.3%
🇩🇪 Germany3.2%
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Patent intelligence

$7M patent portfolio · 6 active families

Estimated portfolio value
$7M
0.51% of valuation · 22.2× larger than top peer Everlaw ($301k)
6 active patent families
Where Deepgram innovates Automatic speechData setDeep learningMachine learningNeural network nn

Where Deepgram concentrates vs peers

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Market sentiment

What the market is saying about Deepgram

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