For regulated buyers, the speech AI eval often ends on one question:
"Is the cryptography FIPS validated?"
If the answer is no, the on-prem deployment is dead. No matter how good the models are.
We just changed the answer. 🧵
Deepgram self-hosted now runs in a FIPS 140-3-compliant configuration.
Full online path: API, Engine, and License Proxy, plus FIPS-encrypted models. Built on Chainguard's FIPS-validated crypto module.
Turning it on is a config change
Same API, same deploy, same Nova models. No difference in performance vs non-FIPS.
The old tradeoff was compliance OR accuracy. Pick a weaker vendor that clears FIPS, or give up on-prem.
Now you deploy the models you actually want and still clear the federal gate. No separate SKU.
Self-hosted Deepgram now runs in a FIPS 140-3 compliant mode as a config change on the same Nova models, so clearing federal crypto review no longer means dropping down to a weaker vendor or abandoning on-prem.
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