Archive - Smart Speakers

The 500ms Dash—Nikhil Gupta, VAPI

A super-deep dive into ultra-low latency voice AI infrastructure, from the CTO of the voice platform powering over 44 million calls

Apr 7 •

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March 2025

Your AI interviewer will see you now—Varun Khurana, Wayfaster

Why job candidates actually prefer talking to AI over getting ghosted by recruiters

Mar 31 •

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The pipeline for voice—Kwindla Hultman Kramer, CEO of Daily

From early network computing to founding Daily and creating PipeCat, the leading open-source voice agent framework

Mar 24 •

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The craft behind voice AI magic with Tom Shapland

Getting from zero to 80% is easy. It's that last 20% that separates the wow demo from something people actually trust.

Mar 17 •

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45:36

Olivia Moore, a16z: Voice as a wedge

Voice AI's path from demo to business transformation, and why voice is like the Internet in 1999

Mar 10 •

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55:08

Voice AI for Healthcare: Phil Markunas, Standard Practice

Pivoting from healthcare payments to AI voice agents that handle frustrating insurance calls; & why teaching machines to have natural conversations…

Mar 3 •

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42:48

February 2025

Episode 1: ChatGPT lies to us

We interview ChatGPT, who lies to us multiple times (and does a killer podcast ad read)—and talk about what we've been working on for the last 6 months.

Feb 24 •

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47:54

Smart Speakers coming Monday Feb 24th!

We're starting a podcast about Voice AI 🤖

Feb 5 •

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