Deepgram lands $130M Series C extension, plants APAC base in Singapore
What's the deal? Deepgram, a real-time AI infrastructure company powering voice applications, has raised a $130 million Series C extension backed by Singapore's EDBIDealroom has a profile for this one. Try Dealroom →. The investment follows Deepgram's January 2026 $130 million Series C and supports the company's expansion into Singapore, where it plans to establish its Asia-Pacific headquarters.
Why Singapore? Deepgram saw a 96% year-over-year jump in API requests across APAC and now serves customers in more than 20 markets, including Australia, China, India, Japan, and South Korea. A Singapore base moves regional leadership, support, and commercial operations closer to those customers.
Who's leading it? Deepgram has appointed Sriram Ved as vice president and general manager for APAC. He will run regional strategy and oversee customer, partner, and go-to-market expansion.
What's the money for? Deepgram plans to deepen support for Asian languages — including Singapore's four official languages of English, Mandarin Chinese, Malay, and Tamil — plus Japanese, Hindi, Thai, and Cantonese. It also aims to build a broader low-latency inference footprint while offering cloud, virtual private cloud, self-hosted, and on-premises deployments.
Why now? Companies across APAC are moving voice AI into high-volume, customer-facing work in contact centres, financial services, healthcare, and telecommunications. As deployments scale, they need infrastructure that performs across languages and accents while meeting demands for latency, cost, and data control.
The role of the backer: EDBIDealroom has a profile for this one. Try Dealroom → operates under SG Growth CapitalDealroom has a profile for this one. Try Dealroom →, the investment platform of the Singapore Economic Development BoardDealroom has a profile for this one. Try Dealroom → and Enterprise SingaporeDealroom has a profile for this one. Try Dealroom →. Beyond the cheque, it will help Deepgram build commercial relationships and regional operations across the region.
The signal: A state-linked investor anchoring a US voice AI firm in Singapore reflects a broader race to localise AI infrastructure — and to win the enterprises now putting voice systems into production at scale.
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