@kamathis4 I tried using deepC last year ago and I could not make it work. At that time, it did not support quantised models. Finally, what I did was building the same model in tensorflow (TF), quantize the model using TF Lite and then deploy the model in Sony Spresense using TF Lite Micro. The TF Lite quantization reduced the model accuracy significantly (about 14%).
Therefore, the answer to your question is Yes. There are different frameworks in the market, and found TF was the only matured framework that would let you deploy something on microcontrollers. Having said that, there is always option to build your nets in C/C++ which can directly be ported to the microcontrollers. You just need some programming skills.