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S15E1: Building the Infrastructure for Voice AI with Russ d'Sa, Co-Founder and CEO of LiveKit

aired Sep 22, 2026 · 60.0m
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Summary

It turns out that if OpenAI is going to build a computer that is increasingly becoming like a human, you're probably going to interact with that computer in human-like ways. As you all know, we are opening the door to The Room Where It Happens for today's technology founders.

Why listen

It goes beyond the title with direct discussion of like, know, yeah, including: Welcome back to a new season of The Room Podcast.

Key takeaways
  1. 01It turns out that if OpenAI is going to build a computer that is increasingly becoming like a human, you're probably going to interact with that computer in human-like ways
  2. 02LiveKit is the company that built the open source infrastructure layer, powering real-time voice and video for AI applications, becoming the go-to plumbing behind the next generati
  3. 03Rippling AI can act on what it sees, recommending and building an automated recruiting workflow when open roles and slow time to fill are putting quota at risk, all while following
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