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Deepgram acquires Daily to bolster voice AI infrastructure

Deepgram, a leading provider of speech-to-text and voice AI models, has announced the acquisition of Daily, the company behind the popular open-source voice AI framework Pipecat. The financial terms of the deal were not disclosed, but Deepgram has committed to keeping Pipecat open source. Pipecat manages voice and video streams, integrating STT, LLMs, and TTS while reducing latency. Deepgram aims to leverage Pipecat to enhance its real-time voice and video infrastructure, allowing developers to build expressive voice agents with pluggable models. Additionally, Deepgram is launching the Real-Time Context Standard (RCS), an open protocol co-developed with the Pipecat team, to standardize metadata in voice AI interactions. Daily had raised over $62 million from investors like Tiger Global and has been part of Y Combinator, like Deepgram.

• Deepgram acquires Daily, maker of open-source voice AI framework Pipecat
• Deal amount undisclosed; Pipecat remains open source
• Daily had raised over $62 million from Tiger Global and others

Developer Builds Multilingual AI Voice Agent 'Sadie'

A developer, Ayush Shinde, built Sadie — a multilingual AI voice agent — during the "10 Days of AI Voice Agents — #VoiceForBharat Edition" challenge. Over ten days he implemented real-time voice conversations, Hindi-English code-mixing support, persistent (permissioned) memory, tool integration, outbound phone calling via SIP, human escalation via Discord webhooks, an analytics dashboard, and multi-agent specialist handoffs (grammar, maths, full-stack). The system integrates LiveKit for real-time transport, Deepgram for STT, Google Gemini as the LLM brain, and Murf Falcon for TTS, with SQLite for memory and Next.js/Chart.js for analytics. The post documents architecture, implementation details, encountered bugs (telephony SIP encryption, logging issues, import paths), and instructions to run the public repository and demo.

• Ayush Shinde built an AI voice agent named Sadie during the "10 Days of AI Voice Agents — #VoiceForBharat Edition" challenge.
• Sadie supports real-time voice, Hindi-English code-mixed conversations, permissioned persistent memory (SQLite), external tool integration, outbound phone calls, human escalation, analytics, and specialist agent handoffs.
• Core technical stack includes LiveKit (real-time audio), Deepgram (Speech-to-Text), Google Gemini (LLM), Murf Falcon (TTS), SQLite, Next.js, and Chart.js.

10-Day AI Voice Agent Stops Scam Calls

A developer built 'Suraksha Saathi', an AI voice agent prototype to help families detect and respond to scam calls in 10 days. The agent uses Deepgram for speech recognition, a Google Gemini model for reasoning, Murf AI's Falcon TTS for fast speech output, and LiveKit for real-time connectivity. Features include Hindi support via Devanagari-only output, a consent-based memory to remember callers, a panic button that alerts a human fraud team via Discord, real-time scam tracking dashboard, and mid-call voice-engine handoffs to escalate to an investigator persona. The author published the post on DEV and shared source code on GitHub.

• Author built an AI voice agent named Suraksha Saathi in 10 days.
• Architecture: Deepgram (ASR) → Google Gemini (LLM) → Murf AI Falcon (TTS) → LiveKit (real-time audio).
• Agent enforces Hindi output in Devanagari, implements consent-based memory, and a panic button that notifies a human fraud team via Discord.

DeepL is now available in Microsoft Copilot, ChatGPT and Claude via MCP

DeepL has launched a Model Context Protocol (MCP) connector that makes its translation services available directly inside Microsoft Copilot, ChatGPT, and Claude. Users can translate text and full documents, apply company glossaries and style rules, and manage access via admin controls. The connector is hosted by DeepL, requires no external installation, and works with any agent supporting remote MCP servers.

• DeepL is now available in Microsoft Copilot, ChatGPT, and Claude via a Model Context Protocol (MCP) connector.
• The DeepL MCP is hosted by DeepL and built on the open standard MCP, enabling AI assistants to connect to external tools.
• Users can translate text and entire documents, apply company glossaries and style rules, and set DeepL as the default translation tool.

DeepL CEO: Staying private has advantages amid market turmoil

DeepL CEO and founder Jarek Kutylowski, speaking on the Tech.eu podcast, downplayed imminent IPO expectations, citing volatile public markets and upcoming IPOs of OpenAI and Anthropic as deterrents. He emphasized the advantages of remaining private, such as stability and avoiding public market turmoil. Kutylowski also discussed European sovereignty, DeepL's acquisition of Mixhalo, a partnership with legaltech firm Harvey, recent job cuts, and the decision to use Amazon Web Services. The company, headquartered in Cologne, provides AI text translation and voice-to-voice translation services.

• DeepL CEO Jarek Kutylowski said public markets are 'pretty tricky' for AI companies right now.
• Kutylowski mentioned upcoming IPOs of OpenAI and Anthropic as a reason for caution.
• DeepL acquired US audio stadium streaming business Mixhalo in June 2026.

DeepL Voice now preserves your voice in real-time multilingual conversations

DeepL announces that DeepL Voice now preserves your voice in real-time multilingual conversations, as highlighted in the newsroom with a dedicated announcement dated September 15, 2026.