Deepgram
Deepgram — Startup Program
Up to
$100,000
credits over 12 months (tiered) · 12 months from grant
Open to solo founders, no VC or referral needed, a registered entity is expected. Around 25 minutes to apply, hear back about 1 week.
Takes ~30 seconds. One-click magic link, no password — we’ll bring you right back to this claim.
Verified
What you get
- Deepgram API
Best for
- STT
- TTS
- streaming voice agents
Watch out
- Credits expire per program terms
How it works
The application
- Time to apply
- ~25 min
- Review
- About 1 week
- Difficulty
- 3/5
The program
- Duration
- 12 months from grant
- Renewal
- One-time
- Credit type
- AI API credits
Who qualifies
- Stage
- Early-Stage
- Funding
- Typically under $10M raised — confirm on application
- Solo founder
- Welcome
- Entity
- Required
- Referral
- Not needed
- VC backing
- Not needed