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Deepgram

Speech-to-text API. Fast and accurate transcription for developers.

Founded by: Scott Stephenson, Noah Shutty

DMI: 14#89 of 262HN 30d: 29
403 · 122 forks
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Developer Adoption

Package downloads and ecosystem metrics, 30-day window

npm Downloads (30d)
1.3M +15%
@deepgram/sdk
PyPI Downloads (30d)
1.6M +19%
deepgram-sdk
Total Downloads (30d)
2.9M +17%
npm + PyPI combined
Active Contributors (30d)
3
Unique committers, 30-day window

Active Contributors Trend

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npm Download Trend

418,950645,286871,6221,097,9581,324,294Dec 10Jan 7Jan 29Feb 12Feb 22Feb 26
90-day trend↑ +76.9%

npm downloads grew from 747,579 to 1,322,526 (+76.9%) over the last 90 days.

PyPI Download Trend

571,431840,1731,108,9161,377,6581,646,400Dec 10Jan 7Jan 29Feb 12Feb 22Feb 26
90-day trend↑ +71.3%

pypi downloads grew from 948,137 to 1,624,469 (+71.3%) over the last 90 days.

Developer Community Metrics

Metrics computed from HN discussion, GitHub activity, and funding data.

HN Discussion Rank#2 in Transcription by HN mentions (out of 6 tracked)
HN vs Category14.5x category median (29 vs 2 median)
GitHub VelocityCommit velocity steady (1.1x vs 4-week average)
Funding Trajectory5 rounds in 80 months, accelerating, ($120K → $2M → $12M → $25M → $47M)
Community Sentiment62% positive HN sentiment (21 comments) • Moderate confidence

Category Benchmark

6 Transcription companies
2.9M downloads/mo44% above median
0Median: 2.0M4.1M+

Funding Rounds

Series B$47M

2022

Investors:

Series B$25M

2021

Investors:

Series A$12M

2020

Investors:

Seed$2M

2017

Investors:

Seed$120K

2016

Investors:

Cite This Data

According to AI-Buzz, Deepgram ranks #2 in Transcription for HN discussion share (out of 6 tracked with 42.0% of HN discussion), with 62% positive developer sentiment (21 HN comments analyzed), with 3 commits/week (steady), with 1,322,526 npm downloads in 30 days, with 1,624,469 PyPI downloads in 30 days, with 3 active contributors in 30 days.

Source: https://www.ai-buzz.com/companies/deepgram?utm_source=citation&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=cite_this_data

Metrics derived from public APIs (HN Algolia, GitHub, npm/PyPI). Sentiment classified by AI. See methodology for details →

About

Description

Speech-to-text API. Fast and accurate transcription for developers.

Estimated Company Size

51 - 100 employees

Details

Founded

2015

Description

Deepgram provides fast speech-to-text API. Lower latency than competitors. Used by thousands of developers.

Open Source

403
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123
Forks
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Last commit: 9 days ago
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