AI Agent

Voice AI Platforms Are Charging You for a Dashboard

The underlying voice stack (STT, TTS, LLM, telephony) is increasingly commodity. Closed platforms charge multiples of raw cost. The delta is UI, margin, and lock-in - not value. This post breaks down where the tax shows up: latency ceilings, debugging theater, roadmap distortion, and PII routing.

An Year of Building Agents: My Workflow, AI Limits, Gaps In Voice AI and Self hosting

Voice AI works but not because of the AI alone. After a year building voice agents, I’ve learned reliability comes from tight scope, deterministic rules, and clean human handoffs. This post shares how I (Stephanie Nyarko) design, build, and deploy voice agents that actually hold up in production.

Building Voice Bot for Africa: Scaling Affordable Voice AI without Breaking

Voice AI is booming, but building for Africa, especially Nigeria, requires handling diverse accents, languages, and real-world conditions. In this webinar, Muyiwa Ogundiya shares practical lessons on scaling affordable, high-quality voice agents that work in African markets.

Retell AI vs Open-Source Voice Agent Platforms: Which to choose ?

Retell AI vs open-source is really about hidden platform costs versus flexibility and self-hosting. Retell AI can be hard to manage for non-technical users, with complex setup, limited support, and bundled fees, making this choice critical before voice agent costs spiral.

Episode

00:00:00 00:00:00