Deepgram
Deepgram provides real-time voice AI APIs for speech-to-text and text-to-speech applications, processing over 1 trillion words and 50,000 years of audio. The company raised $130M in Series C funding at a $1.3B valuation and serves 1,300 organizations.
The growth story
Deepgram grew from 152 to 359 employees between 2021 and 2026, raising $216M along the way, most recently a Series C in August 2026.
About
Deepgram offers APIs that convert speech to text and text to speech, targeting developers building voice AI products. Its platform emphasizes low latency, high accuracy, and enterprise reliability, with models like Nova-3 for speech recognition and Aura-2 for text-to-speech.
The company has processed an extensive amount of audio data, equivalent to 50,000 years, and raised $216M in total funding. Its Series C round in 2026 valued the company at $1.3B, reflecting its position in the voice AI market.
Founders and leadership
Engineering is the largest function at Deepgram, with 51 employees. The company is headquartered in San Francisco and has a workforce of 359 people.
The Deepgram org chart
Scott Stephenson (Co-Founder, CEO) leads 60 mapped leaders with 6 direct reports. Click +N to expand a team; names link to the person’s public profile.
Departments, and which ones grew
Headcount by function: Engineering 91 (+75% YoY), Sales 39 (+117% YoY), Media and Communication 27 (+17% YoY), Operations 18 (+80% YoY), Administrative 17 (+21% YoY), Marketing 16 (+167% YoY).
Talent flow
Deepgram hires heavily from tech giants like Google, Amazon Web Services, and Microsoft. Alumni often move to companies like Meta, Google, and AI-focused startups such as Resemble AI and You.com.
Most common previous employers of Deepgram staff: Google (13), Amazon Web Services (AWS) (9), Microsoft (8), Salesforce (7), Twilio (7), Accenture (6). Former Deepgram employees most often moved to Upwork (3), Meta (3), Google (3), GrowthX AI (2), Resemble AI (2), You.com (2).
Alumni worth knowing
The Deepgram mafia
Deepgram alumni have founded nine companies, including GrowthX AI, which employs 110 people, and Sixtyfour, a smaller startup with 11 staff.
9Marcel Santilli, was CMO until 2024Saarth Shah, was Software Engineer until 2023Alexander Jia, was Product | Research until 2024Brian Rider, was Start-up Advisor to CEO until 2015Peter Griggs, was Director of Product until 2025Deepak Subburam, was Deep Learning Engineer until 2023
Akshay Gautam, was Generative AI Engineer until 2023
Jabari A., was Applied Engineer until 2025
Sachin Rammoorthy, was Software Engineer Intern until 2022Hiring now
Web traffic
Traffic mix: 41% direct, 43% search, 4% social, 2% paid.
What this company is made of
Most common skills at Deepgram: Python (Programming Language) (109), Leadership (108), Microsoft Office (102), Microsoft Excel (94), Project Management (84), Customer Service (78), Research Skills (78), Communication (77).
Where the team actually sits
Deepgram people are concentrated in California, United States (46), United States (18), San Francisco Bay Area (15), Michigan, United States (13).
Search footprint
Deepgram attracts about 6,863 organic search visits a month, traffic worth roughly $65K a month if bought through ads. It gained 1,731 ranking keywords and lost 1,396 in the last period.
What employees say
- Compensation
- 4.40 / 5
- Career opportunities
- 4.40 / 5
- Senior management
- 4.10 / 5
- Work-life balance
- 4.20 / 5
Frequently asked
Deepgram has 359 employees as of September 2026.
Deepgram has raised $216M in total, most recently a Series C round in August 2026.
Deepgram was founded in 2015 by Scott Stephenson.
Scott Stephenson (Co-Founder, CEO) sits at the top of Deepgram's reporting structure, with 6 direct reports.
The most common previous employers of current Deepgram staff are Google (13 people), Amazon Web Services (AWS) (9 people), Microsoft (8 people).
Former Deepgram employees most often move to Upwork (3), Meta (3), Google (3).
At least 9 companies have a founder who previously worked at Deepgram, including GrowthX AI, Sixtyfour, Layer 9 Networks.
Deepgram attracts about 6,863 organic search visits a month, worth roughly $65K a month in equivalent ad spend.
The most common skills among Deepgram staff are Python (Programming Language), Leadership, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Excel, Project Management.
Deepgram staff are concentrated in California, United States (46), United States (18), San Francisco Bay Area (15).
Deepgram has about 91 people in Engineering, up 75% over the past year, as of September 2026.
Deepgram has about 39 people in Sales, up 117% over the past year, as of September 2026.
Computed from 233 current and 239 former Deepgram profiles, as of September 2026. Source: Crustdata.
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