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Deepgram

Voice AI APIs for speech-to-text, text-to-speech, and conversational agents.
AI 📍 San Francisco, USA Founded 2015
Current Valuation
$1.3B
as of 2026-Q1
UNICORN

IPO Outlookprivate

Is Deepgram going public?
No. Deepgram is private and has not filed to go public. There is no S-1 on file.
What is Deepgram's valuation in 2026?
Deepgram is valued at $1.3B as of 2026-Q1, set by its Series C ($130M, Jan 2026). That is the last confirmed mark, not a live price — private shares do not trade continuously.
Has Deepgram filed an S-1?
No public S-1 is on file for Deepgram.
Who are Deepgram's investors?
Deepgram's investors include Altimeter Capital, Y Combinator, NVIDIA, Tiger Global, Wing VC, Citi Ventures and 1 more.
Answers are derived from the roster record shown on this page — filing status, last round and confirmed marks. Where the record is silent, the answer says so rather than guessing.
Deepgram is a voice AI platform offering production-grade speech-to-text (Nova-3), text-to-speech (Aura-2), and full voice-agent APIs powering call centers, dictation, and conversational AI products. Raised $130M Series C in January 2026 at a $1.3B valuation and acquired OfOne to push into voice-ordering automation.

Company Profile

CEO
Scott Stephenson
Founded
2015
HQ
San Francisco, USA
Employees
~200
Total Raised
$215.9M
Last Round
Series C — $130M (Jan 2026) · Lead: Altimeter Capital
IPO Status
private

Fundraising Status

Series C · $130M · 7 mo ago
privateTotal raised $215.9M

Secondary Market

Implied price / share
$18.5
Last round price / share
$18.43
vs last round
+0.4%
Open interest
6
Last round price vs secondary price
Last round vs current secondary price per share$18.43Last round$18.50Current
Secondary price return by period
Secondary market period returns3-month+13.4%6-month+114%1-year+250%All-time+363%
Implied per-share price from private secondary transactions, as of Jun 2026. This is a point estimate, not a quote — the feed carries no bid, ask or spread, and a secondary print is evidence of what someone paid on that date rather than a live market. Compare across every tracked name →

Latest Funding Round

RoundAmountDateLead InvestorPost-Money
Series C$130MJan 2026Altimeter Capital

Vertical Intelligence — AI / ML

Open models
0
verified organization
Downloads (30d)
0
across all models
Followers
60
Attributed to Hugging Face organization "Deepgram" as of 2026-08-19. Open-weights footprint only — closed-model usage is not publicly measurable. Verify on Hugging Face ↗

Talent Signal

Hiring trend
First snapshot
trend accrues with monthly sweeps
Open roles
82
via ashby
Product-build share
44%
engineering, research, product, design
Trajectory
steady
balanced build + GTM — 44% builders vs 56% go-to-market/G&A — scaling both sides.
Actively hiring with no tracked executive churn.
Open roles by month
Open roles by month82Aug '26
Open roles by function
Open roles by functionSales & GTM30Engineering21Other6Marketing6Product6Research5Data & ML3Ops & People2Support1
product-building   go-to-market / G&A
Research Staff, Voice AI FoundationsResearch Staff, Data ScienceResearch Staff, LLMsPartner Success EngineerSoftware Engineer - Applied AI (Senior or Staff Level)Research Engineer, Machine Learning Systems
Counted from Deepgram's live job board as of 2026-08-17; role functions classified from posting titles. Open-role counts are an activity signal, not headcount. Refreshed monthly.

Founders & Key People

Scott StephensonNoah Shutty

Investors

Altimeter Capital · Y Combinator · NVIDIA · Tiger Global · Wing VC · Citi Ventures · Madrona

Products

  • Nova-3 speech-to-text
  • Aura-2 text-to-speech
  • Voice Agent API

Competitors

AssemblyAI · OpenAI Whisper · ElevenLabs · Speechmatics
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Private-company numbers are not real-time. Reflects publicly disclosed valuations from press releases, news reports, and tender offers as of 2026-Q1. Refreshed quarterly.