--- title: Deepgram acquires Pipecat-maker Daily to bolster its... description: Deepgram is acquiring Daily, the company behind the open-source voice AI framework Pipecat. The deal amount wasn't disclosed, but both companies committed to... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/deepgram-acquires-pipecat-maker-daily-to-bolster-its-voice-ai-infrastructure-aun58id8r twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Deepgram acquires Pipecat-maker Daily to bolster its voice AI infrastructure | daily.dev og:description: Deepgram is acquiring Daily, the company behind the open-source voice AI framework Pipecat. The deal amount wasn't disclosed, but both companies committed to... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/deepgram-acquires-pipecat-maker-daily-to-bolster-its-voice-ai-infrastructure-aun58id8r og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/AUn58iD8R.png og:image:alt: Deepgram acquires Pipecat-maker Daily to bolster its voice AI infrastructure og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Deepgram acquires Pipecat-maker Daily to bolster its voice AI infrastructure **[TechCrunch](https://daily.dev/sources/tc)** · 4 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Deepgram is acquiring Daily, the company behind the open-source voice AI framework Pipecat. The deal amount wasn't disclosed, but both companies committed to keeping Pipecat open-source. Pipecat manages voice and video streams alongside speech-to-text, LLMs, and text-to-speech models while cutting latency. Daily had raised over $62 million from investors including Tiger Global and Nat Friedman. Deepgram, now a unicorn after a $130 million Series C, is also launching an open protocol called Real-Time Context Standard (RCS) co-developed with the Pipecat team. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### What is Pipecat and who maintains it? Pipecat is an open-source framework that manages voice and video streams along with speech-to-text, large language models, and text-to-speech models in a pipeline, while reducing latency. It was created and maintained by Daily, a company providing hosted infrastructure for voice and video calls, which raised over $62 million in funding before being acquired by Deepgram. _Teams evaluating voice agent frameworks can follow Pipecat's roadmap and licensing changes on daily.dev._ ### Did Deepgram acquire Daily and will Pipecat remain open source? Yes, Deepgram acquired Daily, the maker of the Pipecat voice AI framework, and both companies said Pipecat will stay open-source. Daily co-founder Kwindla Kramer said Deepgram CEO Scott Stephenson was committed to keeping it open-source and vendor-neutral forever, which influenced Daily's decision to join Deepgram rather than other acquirers. _Developers relying on Pipecat for voice agents can track licensing and roadmap commitments on daily.dev._ ### What is the Real-Time Context Standard (RCS) protocol announced by Deepgram? Real-Time Context Standard (RCS) is an open protocol for voice agents co-developed by Deepgram and the Pipecat team. It defines metadata such as context extracted from audio (like a whisper), instructions for a language model on how to use those signals, and guidance on how the model's response should sound. _Developers building expressive voice agents can follow protocol updates like RCS on daily.dev._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Deepgram raises $130M at $1.3B valuation and buys a YC AI startup](https://daily.dev/posts/deepgram-raises-130m-at-1-3b-valuation-and-buys-a-yc-ai-startup-zgboyoa65) · TechCrunch · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Even your voice is a data problem](https://daily.dev/posts/even-your-voice-is-a-data-problem-nufu1kapc) · Stack Overflow Blog · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Building Your First Voice Agent The Sound of the Future: How to Build an AI Voice Agent](https://daily.dev/posts/building-your-first-voice-agent-the-sound-of-the-future-how-to-build-an-ai-voice-agent-dmfmzti5q) · The Miners · 2 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#open-source](https://daily.dev/tags/open-source), [#business](https://daily.dev/tags/business), [#voice-ai](https://daily.dev/tags/voice-ai), [#deepgram](https://daily.dev/tags/deepgram) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/deepgram-acquires-pipecat-maker-daily-to-bolster-its-voice-ai-infrastructure-aun58id8r) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Deepgram acquires Pipecat-maker Daily to bolster its voice AI infrastructure","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/deepgram-acquires-pipecat-maker-daily-to-bolster-its-voice-ai-infrastructure-aun58id8r","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/deepgram-acquires-pipecat-maker-daily-to-bolster-its-voice-ai-infrastructure-aun58id8r"},"datePublished":"2026-10-29T13:03:30.248Z","dateModified":"2026-10-29T18:10:23.309Z","description":"Deepgram is acquiring Daily, the company behind the open-source voice AI framework Pipecat. 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