Deepgram acquires Pipecat-maker Daily to bolster its voice AI infrastructure

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Deepgram is acquiring Daily, the maker and maintainer of Pipecat, for an undisclosed amount, TechCrunch reports. The companies said Pipecat will remain open-source, with Daily co-founder Kwindla Kramer citing Deepgram’s commitment to keeping it vendor-neutral. Deepgram is also launching Real-Time Context Standard (RCS), an open protocol co-developed with the Pipecat team that defines audio context metadata, instructions for language models, and guidance on how responses should sound.

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