Building Deepgram Saga - Sharon Yeh, Product Manager @Deepgram | AI Minds #071

Deepgram is a Voice AI platform for enterprise use cases – speech-to-text, text-to-speech, and speech-to-speech APIs for developers. Episode Highlights: - Sharon shared her transition from working on automated candidate sourcing at Dover, where she first explored AI/ML in recruiting, to now leading voice-first product development at Deepgram. Her journey showcases how early AI tooling evolved into today’s voice-native applications. - Sharon introduced Saga as a “Voice OS for developers,” a full Multimodal Conversational Program (MCP) client. It lets developers control their workflows through natural speech, connecting with multiple MCP servers and enabling Jarvis-like interactions with their systems. - Saga enhances vibe coding by turning vague voice inputs like “build a voice AI app” into high-quality, detailed prompts for agents like Cursor. This results in more accurate and useful code, shortening the iteration loop between developer and AI assistant. - Despite all the advancements, prompt design is still a bottleneck. Sharon likened LLMs to an intern in their first week — needing explicit, well-structured instructions to succeed. Chaining actions and mirroring tool names in prompts were some of the practical takeaways for boosting reliability. - A major insight came from the shift in user context. Systems designed for humans (like JIRA) often lack the structured context agents need. Sharon emphasized how building for agent comprehension — not just human convenience — is key to the future of AI-native workflows. Check out Saga here: https://deepgram.com/ai-apps/deepgram-saga ----------------------------------------- Connect with Sharon Yeh: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sharonyehh/ https://deepgram.com/ https://deepgram.com/ai-apps/deepgram-saga Connect with Demetrios: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dpbrinkm/ Connect with Deepgram: https://deepgram.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/company/deepgram https://x.com/deepgramai https://www.facebook.com/deepgram/ Join the Deepgram Discord Server! https://discord.com/invite/xWRaCDBtW4