How Deepgram is making AI interaction colloquial

About the guest

Lauren Sypniewski

Head of Data Operations, Deepgram

Lauren went from teaching writing to leading data operations at one of the most innovative AI companies in speech technology. At Deepgram, she oversees the entire data pipeline — from collection and labeling to model training — powering speech-to-text, text-to-speech, and audio intelligence products used at scale worldwide.

Deepgram owns every step of the data pipeline — from collection and labeling to model training — powering speech-to-text, text-to-speech, and audio intelligence at scale.

What you'll learn

Lauren shares how she went from teaching writing to leading data operations at an AI-native company. She reveals how Deepgram scaled new language model launches from months to weeks, and what it takes to perfect real-time AI conversations — including handling cultural nuances across languages and making human-AI interaction feel natural.