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Deepgram

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

$1.3B
+0% vs last round
QuantLogix's current estimate for Deepgram, published 2026-10-07 — in line with the last disclosed round of $1.3B (2026-Q1).
Confidence
medium
Basis
secondary led
What backs this price
Last disclosed round $1.3B 2026-Q1 weight 0.7
Secondary market print $1.3B 2026-06-27 weight 0.54
How this price has held up
No round has priced for Deepgram since QuantLogix began publishing a price for it, so there is nothing to grade yet. The claim above is on the record from 2026-10-07 and will be graded against the next priced round. See the full accuracy record →
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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.
How much has Deepgram raised?
Deepgram has raised $215.9M in total, most recently a Series C of $130M in Jan 2026.
Is Deepgram publicly traded — can you buy Deepgram stock?
No. Deepgram is a private company — its shares are not listed on any exchange and there is no ticker. The routes to exposure are pre-IPO secondary marketplaces and funds (accredited investors), employee tender offers when the company runs one, and public companies with read-through exposure. QuantLogix maps every route it can verify for Deepgram on its Pre-IPO Access Desk.
How to actually get exposure to Deepgram →
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.

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 · 9 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
66
Attributed to Hugging Face organization "Deepgram" as of 2026-10-04. Open-weights footprint only — closed-model usage is not publicly measurable. Verify on Hugging Face ↗

Talent Signal

Hiring trend
▲ Hiring uptrend
+10% vs 2026-08
Open roles
90
via ashby
Product-build share
44%
engineering, research, product, design
Trajectory
expanding
balanced build + GTM — 44% builders vs 56% go-to-market/G&A — scaling both sides.
No tracked executive churn; open roles trending up.
Open roles by month
Open roles by month82Aug '2690Sep '26
Open roles by function
Open roles by functionSales & GTM29Engineering22Research8Marketing7Other6Product6Data & ML3Ops & People3Legal & Policy2
■ product-building   ■ go-to-market / G&A
Research Staff, Voice AI FoundationsSenior Data Scientist, Data FlywheelPeople AI & Automation EngineerResearch Staff, Data ScienceResearch Staff, LLMsPartner Success Engineer
Counted from Deepgram's live job board as of 2026-09-16; 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.