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Deepgram (YC W16) — Building foundational AI for speech transcription and understanding

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.

Deepgram is a Y Combinator company in the Winter 2016 batch. Its directory entry describes it as: Building foundational AI for speech transcription and understanding (Y Combinator directory entry, November 10, 2015).

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Deepgram

New accelerator entry · 2015-11-10 · the record

Winter 2016
batch
115
people
Growth
stage
United States of America
region
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What the record says

BatchWinter 2016
Announced2015-11-10
StageGrowth
StatusActive
Team size115
IndustryB2B
Sub-industryB2B -> Engineering, Product and Design
SectorsAI-Enhanced Learning, API, AI
RegionsUnited States of America, America / Canada, Remote, Fully Remote
BasedSan Francisco, CA, USA; Remote
HiringYes
Sitehttps://www.deepgram.com

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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.

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