Deepgram
Other companies build their voice products on Deepgram. Its APIs handle speech-to-text, text-to-speech and live voice agents.
- Based in San Francisco and remote
- 387 people on LinkedIn
- Founded 2015
- 68 open roles
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“Deepgram sells the speech models behind other companies’ voice agents. In August 2026 it said annual recurring revenue had passed $100 million. It finished 2024 cash-flow positive, and in January 2026 it raised $130M at a $1.3B valuation. LinkedIn lists 387 people. Deepgram last gave an exact headcount in 2022, at 146. In February 2025 Scott said it had more than 100 people. The jobs are remote-first, and the posts say the pace is not a 9-to-5.”
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It finished 2024 cash-flow positive
Scott said in February 2025 that revenue had been doubling year over year.
Usage grew 3.3 times a year for four years through 2024.
It reported at least 400 enterprise customers at the end of 2024.
In February 2025 it reported more than 450 enterprise customers.
In August 2026 the company said it had surpassed $100 million in annual recurring revenue. The Information reported in October 2023 that Scott said the company had cut about 20% of staff, about 20 people. The same report said it was at least the second cut that year. No later layoff has been reported.
Its Series C in January 2026 valued it at $1.3B
Y Combinator
Tiger Global
Madrona
BlackRock
AVP
In-Q-TelThe January round raised $130M. Deepgram has not announced an earlier valuation. The Series B was $25M in February 2021. A $47M extension in November 2022 brought that round to $72M. TechCrunch put total funding at $86M after the extension. An August 2026 investment from EDBI extended the Series C. The company did not disclose that amount. In February 2025 Scott told Mergermarket he aims to take the company public in two to three years. Deepgram has not filed to go public. In-Q-Tel, the CIA’s venture arm, is an investor.
LinkedIn lists 387 people
The first two bars are figures Deepgram gave. VentureBeat reported 95 people in February 2021. TechCrunch reported 146 in November 2022, in San Francisco and Ann Arbor. In February 2025 Scott said the company had more than 100 people. The latest bar is LinkedIn’s current member count. Deepgram has not published a current headcount. Other public counts in 2026 run from 346 to 381. LinkedIn’s own size band still says 51 to 200.
Its cofounder still runs it, with leaders hired from IBM, AWS and Daily
Scott StephensonCofounder and CEO
UC Davis
Adam SypniewskiCTO since 2016
Ed AnuffChief product officer, joined September 2026
IBM
Kris EflandVP of engineering, joined May 2025
AWS
Kwindla Hultman KramerHead of open source, joined October 2026
DailyScott founded Deepgram in August 2015 with Noah Shutty. Noah is not on the current leadership page. Adam Sypniewski has been CTO since 2016. The company’s about page does not call him a cofounder.
Remote-first, and the posts say the pace is not a 9-to-5
Where. The company calls itself remote-first, and it still brings people together in person. It has described offices in San Francisco and Ann Arbor. In January 2026 it said it was opening a voice AI hub in San Francisco. In August 2026 it said it plans an Asia-Pacific headquarters in Singapore.
The work. The careers page says everyone works with AI tools. Job posts say the day-to-day changes quickly.
Time off. The careers page lists flexible time off, parental leave and company offsites.
Benefits. The careers page lists a 401(k) with a company match, plus stipends for wellness, learning and equipment.
Job posts say this may be the wrong place for someone who wants a traditional 9-to-5.
It says it powers voice AI in production for more than 5,000 organizations
TwilioTwilio uses it for speech recognition on its phone network.
CloudflareCloudflare uses Flux, Deepgram’s conversational speech recognition, for real-time voice.
Jack in the BoxIts CTO said the partnership let the chain explore Deepgram voice AI in its restaurants.Pipecat stays open source after the Daily acquisition, and Deepgram said an independent foundation is being set up.
OfOne, bought in January 2026, had delivered more than 95% containment on drive-thru orders, Deepgram said.
In August 2026 the company reported 1,400 organizations and 200,000 developers. The October figures, published with the Daily acquisition, are more than 5,000 organizations and more than 650,000 developers who have used it. Those are wider counts than the earlier ones. NASA has been a customer since at least 2022. Deepgram transcribed communications between Mission Control and the International Space Station. Reuters still listed NASA as a client in January 2026.
Open roles
Deepgram has 68 open roles on its careers page. 48 list the US, 6 list the UK, 3 list Australia and 8 other places. A role can list more than one place. Pick a place and a team to see the roles and Jack’s read.
Jack’s read for engineering
20 open roles
- VP of engineering Kris Efland joined from AWS in May 2025. He had led Amazon Personalize there.
- Forward deployed engineers are listed under Engineering and Applied Engineering. Applied Engineering also holds pre-sales solutions engineers.
- Security, privacy and compliance roles are listed under Engineering on the careers page.
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Jack’s read for research
12 open roles
- CTO Adam Sypniewski has led research and engineering since 2016.
- Open research roles include text-to-speech directors in the US and London, and staff roles in the US, the UK, the Netherlands and Australia.
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Jack’s read for product
6 open roles
- Ed Anuff joined as chief product officer in September 2026 from IBM, where he led watsonx.data.
- 3 product lines on the current platform. Speech-to-text, text-to-speech and a voice agent API.
Jack’s read for sales and partnerships
17 open roles
- Account executive roles are open in the US, the UK, India, Singapore, Australia and Switzerland.
- A general manager of EMEA sales is open in London, along with an EMEA account executive.
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Jack’s read for customer success
5 open roles
- Customer success engineers are open in the US and Singapore. Revenue operations roles are open in the US and London.
- The careers page also lists a go-to-market engineering director in this department.
Jack’s read for marketing, legal and operations
8 open roles
- Legal roles are open in the US and London. A people partner role is open in the US.
- The only finance role on the careers page is a deal desk manager. Marketing covers field events and the website.
One busy week in October, then two quiet ones
New roles each week worldwide, from the week of July 27 to the week of November 2, 2026, from our daily checks of its careers page.
Closed roles86 since July
The most recent, as of November 8, 2026.
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About this page
Jack & Jill isn’t Deepgram’s recruiter. The open roles come straight from Deepgram’s public careers page and refresh through the day. Company facts come from Deepgram’s own announcements and named press, linked on each card, and were last checked on November 8, 2026. Jack’s take is Jack & Jill’s own.