Nova-2

Closed weights Deepgram September 2023

No estimate

No hardware requirements for this model

The weights for this model have not been published, so it cannot be downloaded or run on your own hardware at any size. It is reachable only through its provider, and no graphics card changes that.

On record

Full specification

Everything on record for this model. Most of it describes how it was trained rather than how it runs — useful context for judging how much work went into it, and how it compares with models built at a different scale.

Origin

Who built this model, where, and when it was published.

Organisation
Deepgram
Organisation type
Industry
Country
United States of America
Published
19 September 2023

What it does

The problem areas the model was built for. A model can carry several of each.

Domain
Speech
Task
Speech recognition (ASR)

Size

How large the model is and how much data it was trained on. Parameters are the figure that decides whether it fits on a given graphics card.

Training data
tokens

Availability

Whether you can obtain the model and run it on your own hardware, which is what decides if any of the graphics-card figures on this page apply.

Weights
Closed — provider access only
Model access
API access
Training code
Unreleased

How it is classified

Labels the source dataset applies when tracking notable models, and how confident it is in the entry.

Record confidence
Unknown

Sources

Where this record came from and when it was last checked.

Reference
Meet Deepgram Nova-2: Raising the Bar for Speech-to-Text
Last updated
28 November 2025

What the numbers mean

What this model is

Nova-2 was published by Deepgram, in United States of America, in September 2023. The organisation is categorised as industry.

It works in Speech, and is recorded as doing speech recognition (ASR).

Because the weights are not available, none of the hardware figures elsewhere on this site apply to it.

Answers

Nova-2 — common questions

01

Is Nova-2 open source?

No. Nova-2 has not had its weights published, so it exists only as a service controlled by its owner.

02

How many parameters does Nova-2 have?

No parameter count has been published for Nova-2, which is why no memory or speed figure appears on this page.

03

Who created Nova-2?

Nova-2 was published by Deepgram, based in United States of America, categorised as industry.

04

When was Nova-2 released?

Nova-2 was published in September 2023. Capability per parameter has improved considerably since, so a newer model of the same size is often the better use of the same hardware.

05

What is Nova-2 used for?

Nova-2 works in Speech, and is recorded as handling speech recognition (ASR). These are the areas it was designed around; they describe intent rather than a hard boundary.

06

What GPU do I need to run Nova-2?

None. Nova-2 is a closed model — its weights were never published, so it cannot be downloaded or run on your own hardware at any price. It is reachable only through its provider.

Source

Original publication

Record last updated 28 November 2025

The other direction

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