# Twilio (slim)

> Twilio's investments in AI tools on Anchor Terminal, Courier, Deepgram and Rime Labs, with each listing's grade and the founders behind it.

- Full: https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/twilio/index.md (~750 tokens) · this version ~630 tokens · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/twilio/index.json · canonical https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/twilio/
- Index: https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt · API: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json · MCP: https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp · Updated: 2026-10-28
- Licence: CC BY 4.0, credit Anchor Terminal and link this page (https://www.anchorterminal.com/terms/#data)

Corporate investor.

Website: https://www.twilio.com

## Companies on Anchor Terminal

- **Courier**, Series A, September 2020
  - [Courier](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/courier.md), graded BB, 70.6/100
  - Source: https://www.courier.com/blog/announcing-our-series-a
- **Deepgram**, Series C, January 2026
  - [Deepgram Speech-to-Text (Nova-3, Flux)](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/deepgram-stt.md), graded BB, 70.4/100
  - [Deepgram Text-to-Speech (Aura-2, Flux TTS)](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/deepgram-tts.md), graded BB, 72.8/100
  - [Deepgram Voice Agent API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/deepgram-voice-agent.md), graded B, 68.2/100
  - Source: https://deepgram.com/learn/press-release-deepgram-raises-series-c
- **Rime Labs**, Series A, July 2026, through Twilio Ventures
  - [Rime TTS API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/rime-tts.md), graded C, 55.9/100
  - Source: https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/15/rime-picks-up-24m-series-a-to-help-enterprises-field-customer-calls/

## Where they invest

- Text-to-speech, 2
- Notifications, 1
- Speech-to-text, 1
- Conversational voice agents, 1

## Founders they backed

- [Troy Goode](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/troy-goode/), Courier
- [Scott Stephenson](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/scott-stephenson/), Deepgram
- [Lily Clifford](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/lily-clifford/), Rime Labs
- [Brooke Larson](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/brooke-larson/), Rime Labs
- [Ares Geovanos](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/ares-geovanos/), Rime Labs

## Questions

### Which AI tools has Twilio invested in?

Anchor Terminal lists Courier, Deepgram and Rime Labs backed by Twilio.

### How are Twilio's companies graded?

On Anchor Terminal's benchmark, Courier (BB, 70.6), Deepgram Speech-to-Text (Nova-3, Flux) (BB, 70.4), Deepgram Text-to-Speech (Aura-2, Flux TTS) (BB, 72.8), Deepgram Voice Agent API (B, 68.2) and Rime TTS API + MCP (C, 55.9).

Investors are named from the companies' own announcements, the investors' own pages, Y Combinator's company pages, public filings and news reports of a round, each with its source.