Voice AI tooling broadly falls into two categories: managed platforms that get you a production agent fast, and custom-built frameworks that give you full ownership of your voice pipeline. Within each category, the specific tools differ in ways that are worth understanding before you commit engineering time
Vonage recently released the Video Connector SDK and a companion Pipecat Transport. These new tools let a server-side AI agent join a Vonage Video session as a full participant, with real-time audio and video. Together they make it possible to build an AI Avatar that doesn’t just
Building real-time applications with AI requires disciplined engineering, not just clever prompting. That was the core thesis of the June 2026 AI Tinkerers San Salvador meetup, sponsored by WebRTC.ventures and AgilityFeat. In this post, we share key takeaways from the event: starting with real-world applications like an
Choosing to go open source over a CPaaS for your WebRTC media stack is a strategic decision about control, flexibility, and long-term ownership. For teams building real-time products, an open source WebRTC media server can offer the freedom to customize media handling, integrate deeply with your architecture,
