Deepgram

Building foundational AI for speech transcription and understanding.

San Francisco, United States · Founded 2015 · $286.0M raised

Employees
51–200
Founded
2015
Business Model
B2B
Total Funding
$286.0M
Last Round
$130.0M Series CJan 2026
Rounds
8

Totals include recorded grants and other qualifying funding, not just equity. What counts toward funding.

About

Deepgram is a foundational AI company on a mission to understand human language. We give any developer access to the most advanced speech AI transcription and understanding with just an API call. Our models deliver the fastest, most accurate transcription alongside contextual features like summarization, sentiment analysis, and topic detection. Beyond that, developers can: 🔊 Process live-streaming or pre-recorded audio 🌎 Transcribe in dozens of languages ⚙️ Train custom models for unique use cases 🔑 Access deep NLU with a unified API 💻 Build in any programming language with our SDKs ✅ Deploy on-prem or on DG’s managed cloud 📈 Get scalable GPU infra for training and inference Deepgram is a proud NVIDIA partner and Y Combinator company, and we recently completed a $72M Series B to define the future of AI Speech Understanding, making us the most-funded speech AI company at its stage.

Summary

Deepgram is an Artificial Intelligence company based in San Francisco, United States, founded in 2015. It has raised $286.0M in total across 8 rounds, most recently a $130.0M Series C round in Jan 2026. Investors include Wing VC, Y Combinator and In-Q-Tel.

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Funding History

Series CSeries CJan 2026
$130.0M

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