Singapore – Voice AI infrastructure company Deepgram is establishing its Asia-Pacific headquarters in Singapore. The move follows a strategic investment from EDBI, the investment arm of SG Growth Capital under EDB and Enterprise Singapore.
The company has named Sriram Ved as Vice President and General Manager for APAC. He will lead Deepgram’s regional strategy, including customer relationships, partnerships, and go-to-market expansion across the region.
Deepgram reported a 96% year-over-year increase in API requests across APAC. The company now serves customers in more than 20 markets, including Australia, China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Singapore, South Korea, Thailand, and Vietnam.
From its new Singapore base, Deepgram plans to bring regional leadership, customer support, and commercial operations closer to its customers. The company also intends to expand its low-latency inference infrastructure in the region and build further on its existing speech-to-text capabilities across Asian languages.
The Singapore expansion follows an investment from EDBI as part of an extension to Deepgram’s US$130 million Series C funding round. EDBI will also support Deepgram’s efforts to establish local operations and build commercial relationships across APAC.
Deepgram cited rising enterprise use of Voice AI across sectors such as contact centres, financial services, healthcare, telecommunications, and commerce. The company said enterprises deploying these systems at scale require infrastructure capable of performing reliably across languages, accents, and noisy environments, while also meeting requirements around latency, cost, privacy, and data control.
Deepgram outlined three priorities for its expanded APAC presence.
Customer and partner support. The company will expand its regional leadership, customer support, partnerships, and commercial operations teams, positioning them closer to customers throughout APAC.
Asian-language capabilities. Deepgram will build on its existing speech-to-text support for English, Mandarin Chinese, Malay, and Tamil — Singapore’s four official languages. The company said it will deepen its expertise in Asian languages, accents, and speech patterns, including multilingual interactions, code-switching, and specialised terminology. Its broader speech-to-text portfolio already covers Japanese, Hindi, Thai, Cantonese, and several Indic languages and regional variants.
Low-latency, flexible deployment. Deepgram plans to expand its low-latency inference footprint across APAC. The company will continue offering cloud, virtual private cloud, self-hosted, and on-premises deployment options, aimed at helping enterprises meet regional requirements around privacy, data control, and data residency.
Scott Stephenson, CEO and co-founder of Deepgram, said the region represents a significant growth opportunity for the company,”APAC is one of the most promising markets for Voice AI right now,” he said.
“You have huge demand, incredible linguistic diversity, and companies moving quickly from experimenting with AI to putting it into production. Singapore puts us closer to the customers and partners building that future, and gives us a strong base to help make Voice AI work across the complexity of the region,” Stephenson added.
Meanwhile, Sriram, pointed to the range of industries already using the technology,”Voice AI is already in production across APAC, from contact centers and financial services to healthcare and telecommunications,” Ved noted.
Ved also pointed to a growing wave of AI companies choosing Deepgram to power their voice technology.
“We’re also seeing a new generation of AI companies building for the region and turning to Deepgram for the voice infrastructure underneath their products. They need technology that works where real conversations happen: across noise, accents, languages, and massive volumes, without sacrificing speed or reliability. That’s what Deepgram was built to do,” he added.
On the other note, EDBI’s Senior Partner, Yeung Chia Li, framed the investment as part of a broader strategy to build AI capabilities in Singapore.
“Voice AI is becoming critical infrastructure for enterprises across Asia. The companies developing these technologies need to be close to the markets, languages, and deployment realities they serve. Deepgram’s decision to anchor its APAC headquarters here reflects a long-term commitment to building from Singapore. At EDBI, we partner with companies like Deepgram to establish and scale meaningful capabilities here, and we look forward to its continued contribution to Singapore’s AI ecosystem,” Li said.
