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  "markdown": "CTO; leads research and engineering.\n\n- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/adam-sypniewski-32a25982/\n\n## What Adam builds\n\n- [Deepgram Speech-to-Text (Nova-3, Flux)](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/deepgram-stt.md), graded BB, 70.4/100, in Speech-to-text. Deepgram's speech-to-text API for recorded audio and live streams, including turn detection for voice agents. CTO; leads research and engineering, researched 2026-10-26.\n- [Deepgram Text-to-Speech (Aura-2, Flux TTS)](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/deepgram-tts.md), graded BB, 72.8/100, in Text-to-speech. Deepgram's text-to-speech API for generating spoken audio. CTO; leads research and engineering, researched 2026-10-26.\n- [Deepgram Voice Agent API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/deepgram-voice-agent.md), graded B, 68.2/100, in Conversational voice agents. One WebSocket that runs Deepgram STT (Flux or Nova-3), a managed or bring-your-own LLM and Deepgram or third-party TTS, with turn-taking, barge-in and function calling. CTO; leads research and engineering, researched 2026-10-27.\n\n## Works with\n\n- [Scott Stephenson](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/scott-stephenson/), Co-founder and CEO\n\n## Backed by\n\n- [Y Combinator](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/y-combinator/)\n- [Tiger Global](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/tiger-global/)\n- [Madrona](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/madrona/)\n- [Citigroup](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/citigroup/)\n- [Alkeon Capital](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/alkeon-capital/)\n- [AVP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/avp/)\n- [In-Q-Tel](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/in-q-tel/)\n- [Wing Venture Capital](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/wing-venture-capital/)\n- [BlackRock](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/blackrock/)\n- [Alumni Ventures](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/alumni-ventures/)\n- [Princeville Capital](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/princeville-capital/)\n- [Twilio](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/twilio/)\n- [ServiceNow](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/servicenow/)\n- [SAP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/sap/)\n- [University of Michigan](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/university-of-michigan/)\n- [Columbia University](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/columbia-university/)\n- [Stanford University](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/stanford-university/)\n\n## Questions\n\n### Who is Adam Sypniewski?\n\nAdam Sypniewski is CTO; leads research and engineering.\n\n### What does Deepgram make?\n\nAnchor Terminal lists Deepgram Speech-to-Text (Nova-3, Flux), Deepgram Text-to-Speech (Aura-2, Flux TTS) and Deepgram Voice Agent API from Deepgram. Deepgram's speech-to-text API for recorded audio and live streams, including turn detection for voice agents.\n\n### Who has invested in Deepgram?\n\nThe sources our research read name Y Combinator, Tiger Global, Madrona, Citigroup, Alkeon Capital, AVP, In-Q-Tel, Wing Venture Capital, BlackRock, Alumni Ventures, Princeville Capital, Twilio, ServiceNow, SAP, University of Michigan, Columbia University and Stanford University.\n\n### How are Adam's tools graded?\n\nDeepgram Speech-to-Text (Nova-3, Flux) is graded BB, 70.4 out of 100; Deepgram Text-to-Speech (Aura-2, Flux TTS) is graded BB, 72.8 out of 100; Deepgram Voice Agent API is graded B, 68.2 out of 100, on Anchor Terminal's benchmark, which scores every listing against the same checklist.\n\n## Sources\n\n- https://deepgram.com/about\n- https://deepgram.com/company/leadership\n- https://www.linkedin.com/in/scott-stephenson-/\n- https://www.linkedin.com/in/adam-sypniewski-32a25982/\n- https://deepgram.com/\n- https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/deepgram\n- https://developers.deepgram.com/support\n- https://deepgram.com/contact-us\n\nThese are the people building the tools we list, named for their public role in the company or project behind a listing, from public pages, with the date it was researched. They don't work for Anchor Terminal (our own team is on the about page, /about/#author). We show public roles, public profiles and what the listing pages show, nothing private. To correct something, send an about or a photo, or have a page removed, write to privacy@anchorterminal.com.\n",
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