Is Pipecat still open source after the Deepgram deal?

Yes. Deepgram says Pipecat stays fully open source and free under its existing BSD licence, and the companies are setting up an independent Pipecat Foundation with a steering committee that includes Deepgram competitors.

What is Pipecat used for?

Building real-time voice agents and multimodal AI apps: it handles model switching, streaming between models, turn detection, interruptions, context management and tool calls.

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Pipecat is an open-source Python framework for voice agents, multimodal apps and real-time AI, created by Daily and released under the BSD 2-Clause licence.

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Deepgram acquires Daily, maker of Pipecat, and moves the voice agent framework to a foundation

AI Agents30 Oct 2026, 21:25 UTC

Deepgram is acquiring Daily, creator of the open-source Pipecat voice agent framework, which stays BSD licensed under a new independent Pipecat Foundation.

Summary

Deepgram announced on 29 October 2026 that it is acquiring Daily, the real-time audio and video company that created Pipecat, an open-source framework for voice agents. Pipecat stays free under its BSD licence and moves to an independent Pipecat Foundation. Deepgram will build its new Voice Agent Platform on Pipecat and Daily's network, and introduced the Real-Time Context Standard. The price was not disclosed.

About Pipecat

Pipecat is an open-source Python framework for voice agents, multimodal apps and real-time AI, created by Daily and released under the BSD 2-Clause licence. It orchestrates speech-to-text, language and text-to-speech models over low-latency transports. After Deepgram's October 2026 deal to buy Daily, it moves to an independent Pipecat Foundation.

Reviewed 30 Oct 2026 · by Daily

Facts at a glance

Developer: Daily and the community; governance moving to an independent Pipecat Foundation source
License: BSD 2-Clause source
Repository created: 27 December 2023 source
Integrations and contributors: More than 200 integrations and almost 400 contributors (Daily, October 2026) source
Latest release covered here: v1.15.0, published 29 October 2026 source
Related components: Client SDKs, the RTVI messaging standard, the Smart Turn turn detection model, SmallWebRTC transport and the Pipecat Flows library source

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Is Pipecat still open source after the Deepgram deal?: Yes. Deepgram says Pipecat stays fully open source and free under its existing BSD licence, and the companies are setting up an independent Pipecat Foundation with a steering committee that includes Deepgram competitors.
What is Pipecat used for?: Building real-time voice agents and multimodal AI apps: it handles model switching, streaming between models, turn detection, interruptions, context management and tool calls.

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Deepgram acquires Daily, maker of Pipecat, and moves the voice agent framework to a foundation