LiveKit CEO Russ d'Sa - voice AI and the future of human-machine interaction

"World of DaaS"

"World of DaaS"
LiveKit CEO Russ d'Sa - voice AI and the future of human-machine interaction
May 27, 2025 Episode 197
Word of DaaS with Auren Hoffman

Russ d'Sa is the founder and CEO of LiveKit, the infrastructure company powering real-time voice for OpenAI's ChatGPT, Character.ai, and numerous AI applications.

In this episode of World of DaaS, Russ and Auren discuss:

  • The evolution of voice AI
  • Turn detection and conversational dynamics
  • Real-time infrastructure for AI
  • Copilots vs autopilots for the future


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Editing and post-production work for this episode was provided by The Podcast Consultant (https://thepodcastconsultant.com)