Deepgram's CEO Scott Stephenson on Speech AI

Deepgram is a voice AI company that has built an incredible reputation in the market for the quality of its speech recognition. Last valued at over $250M, Deepgram has over 500 customers, including NASA, Spotify, and Twilio.  In this episode, Sandhya Hegde chats with Scott Stephenson, CEO and co-founder of Deepgram. Join us as we discuss:  00:00 Preview: Fully contextualized speech-to-speech is the future 01:07 Scott's background in particle physics and starting Deepgram 7:18 Scott's first years as a founder 13:17 How the Deepgram team gathered early customer feedback 17:38 Early use cases and product feedback 22:58 How conversational AI will impact the customer support industry 26:54 Specialized hardware in the AI Industry 30:34 How additional hardware specialization will impact Deepgram 32:14 Deepgram's product vision 36:46 Advice for Founders starting an AI company Sandhya Hegde is a General Partner at Unusual Ventures, leading investments in modern SaaS companies with a focus on AI. Previously an early executive at Amplitude, Sandhya is a product-led growth (PLG) coach and mentor. She can be reached at [email protected]. Scott Stephenson is the CEO and co-founder of Deepgram. Unusual Ventures is a seed-stage venture capital firm designed from the ground up to give a distinct advantage to founders building the next generation of software companies. Unusual has invested in category-defining companies like Webflow, Arctic Wolf Networks, Carta, Robinhood, and Harness. Learn more about us at https://www.unusual.vc/.