Based on reporting by TechCrunch.
What happened
Deepgram announced it is acquiring Daily, the company behind the open‑source Pipecat framework. The purchase price was not disclosed, and Pipecat will continue to be open‑source. Deepgram is also rolling out the Real‑Time Context Standard, an open protocol for voice agents developed together with the Pipecat team.
Background
Daily has raised more than $62 million to date, while Deepgram achieved unicorn status earlier this year after a $130 million Series C round. Deepgram’s chief executive is Scott Stephenson and Daily’s co‑founder is Kwindla Kramer.
AIBeat analysis
Keeping Pipecat open‑source could enable developers to combine Deepgram’s speech models with existing voice and video pipelines, which may accelerate the adoption of the new Real‑Time Context Standard for building responsive voice agents.