Top 92% vertical AI efficiency trophy

Deepgram: #76 of 83 by ARR per employee

Deepgram is ranked #76 of 83 vertical AI companies on Vertical Velocity with $85K ARR per employee. The company is #5 in Enterprise AI and is tracked as part of the vertical AI efficiency benchmark.

Company metrics

  1. Overall rank #76 of 83
  2. Category rank #5 in Enterprise AI
  3. ARR per employee $85K/emp
  4. Estimated ARR $22M
  5. Headcount 260
  6. Headquarters San Francisco, CA

What the company does

Deepgram is a real-time voice AI infrastructure platform that provides speech-to-text, text-to-speech, and speech-to-speech APIs for enterprises building voice-powered applications. The platform serves over 450 enterprise customers and 200,000+ developers, powering contact center automation, voice agents, sales enablement, and compliance monitoring. Deepgram's proprietary Nova speech models deliver industry-leading accuracy and low latency, with deployment options including cloud APIs and on-premises installations for regulated industries. Customers include Twilio, NASA, Spotify, and IBM.