Why We Replaced Whisper 2.0 with Deepgram 2.0 and Cut Voice Transcription Costs by 45%

After processing 12 million minutes of voice transcription across 14 global regions in Q3 2024, our team cut monthly infrastructure costs by 45% by migrating from OpenAI Whisper 2.0 to Deepgram 2.0 – with a 12% improvement in WER (Word Error Rate) and 60% lower p99 latency. 📡 Hacker News Top Stories Right Now Localsend: An open-source cross-platform alternative to AirDrop (30 points) The World's Most Complex Machine (103 points) Talkie: a 13B vintage language model from 1930 (424 points) New Ga