Daily began experimenting with AI-to-human communication over voice and text around the release of GPT-4, eventually resulting in the Pipecat framework.

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Deepgram reports that its speech models are used in production by over 5,000 organizations and 200,000 developers, having processed over 50,000 years of audio.

Pipecat is an open-source framework that orchestrates voice and video streams while linking speech-to-text, large language models, and text-to-speech components to minimize latency in AI applications.

Both Deepgram and Daily participated in the same Y Combinator batch in 2016, and Deepgram models have powered transcription inside Daily products since 2019.

Deepgram rolled out a self-hosted voice AI platform as part of its recent product strategy.

Deepgram co-developed the Real-Time Context Standard open protocol with the Pipecat team to pass audio context metadata—such as whispers, tone, and model guidance—between voice agent components.

Deepgram expanded its Nova-3 speech recognition model to support 55 languages as part of its product strategy.

The Daily engineering team will join Deepgram as part of the acquisition, with Daily co-founder Kwindla Hultman Kramer serving as Deepgram's head of open source while Deepgram sells, supports, and develops Daily's existing product suite.

The Pipecat framework features over 200 integrations and almost 400 contributors, having been built by 18 engineers at Daily.

One in five Google AI Mode searches utilizes voice, image, or document inputs as of October 2026

OpenAI reported that 250 million people use ChatGPT voice features weekly as of November 2026

Disruptive holds investments in AI voice agent outfit ElevenLabs, enterprise data software startup Databricks, and open-weight model maker Reflection AI

Block, the company behind Square and Cash App, announced an AI speech model named Dessa

Block trained Dessa from scratch on human speech without using written text data

Block developed Dessa as a speech-to-speech model that processes audio directly without converting speech into text

Prior emotional voice AI initiatives include Hume AI's EVI launched in March 2024, Kyutai's Moshi in September 2024, and OpenAI's ChatGPT Advanced Voice Mode overhauled in June 2025

Dessa processes direct audio signals to capture emotional tones, sarcasm, laughter, and pauses in real time

Block's Dessa model supports full-duplex communication, enabling it to process speech and respond simultaneously

Pranav Singhvi stated that voice technology represents one of the largest untapped opportunities in enterprise artificial intelligence

Otter.ai supports transcription in several languages, including Spanish, French, German, Japanese, and Mandarin

Voice AI provider Deepgram processes 70% more audio per dollar after migrating to Amazon Trainium chips using PyTorch support