# Natalie Rutgers

> Natalie Rutgers is SVP of Product. Deepgram Speech-to-Text (Nova-3, Flux), Deepgram Text-to-Speech (Aura-2, Flux TTS) and Deepgram Voice Agent API on Anchor Terminal, with grades, an about and public profiles.

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- Updated: 2026-10-28

SVP of Product.

Natalie Rutgers is senior vice president of product at Deepgram, where she works on the company's AI products for developers and businesses building with voice. Deepgram's leadership page says she comes from a background in product design.

## What Natalie builds

- [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. SVP of Product, researched 2026-10-28.
- [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. SVP of Product, researched 2026-10-28.
- [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. SVP of Product, researched 2026-10-28.

## Works with

- [Adam Sypniewski](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/adam-sypniewski/), Co-founder and CTO, leads research and engineering
- [Noah Shutty](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/noah-shutty/), Co-founder
- [Scott Stephenson](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/scott-stephenson/), Co-founder and CEO

## Backed by

- [Y Combinator](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/y-combinator/)
- [Wing Venture Capital](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/wing-venture-capital/)
- [NVIDIA](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/nvidia/)
- [Compound](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/compound/)
- [SAP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/sap/)
- [Tiger Global](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/tiger-global/)
- [Madrona](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/madrona/)
- [Citigroup](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/citigroup/)
- [Alkeon Capital](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/alkeon-capital/)
- [In-Q-Tel](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/in-q-tel/)
- [AVP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/avp/)
- [BlackRock](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/blackrock/)
- [Alumni Ventures](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/alumni-ventures/)
- [Princeville Capital](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/princeville-capital/)
- [Twilio](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/twilio/)
- [ServiceNow](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/servicenow/)
- [University of Michigan](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/university-of-michigan/)
- [Columbia University](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/columbia-university/)
- [Stanford University](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/stanford-university/)

## Questions

### Who is Natalie Rutgers?

Natalie Rutgers is senior vice president of product at Deepgram, where she works on the company's AI products for developers and businesses building with voice. Deepgram's leadership page says she comes from a background in product design.

### What does Deepgram make?

Anchor 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.

### Who has invested in Deepgram?

The sources our research read name Y Combinator, Wing Venture Capital, NVIDIA, Compound, SAP, Tiger Global, Madrona, Citigroup, Alkeon Capital, In-Q-Tel, AVP, BlackRock, Alumni Ventures, Princeville Capital, Twilio, ServiceNow, University of Michigan, Columbia University and Stanford University.

### How are Natalie's tools graded?

Deepgram 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.

## Sources

- https://deepgram.com/about
- https://deepgram.com/company/leadership
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/scott-stephenson-/
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/adam-sypniewski-32a25982/
- https://deepgram.com/
- https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/deepgram
- https://developers.deepgram.com/support
- https://deepgram.com/contact-us

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