# How LiveKit Became An AI Company By Accident

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Podcast: [MLOps.community](https://stenobird.com/podcast/mlops-community)
Published: 2025-09-16T16:00:04+00:00
Episode link: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mlops/episodes/How-LiveKit-Became-An-AI-Company-By-Accident-e3885q6
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## Resource

AI Conversations Powered by Prosus Group Russ d'Sa shares how LiveKit went from a small open-source project during the pandemic to powering voice interfaces for giants like OpenAI. He talks about the turning point when LiveKit teamed up on ChatGPT’s voice features, the challenges of making AI sound human, and why voice could be the future of multimodal AI. It’s a story of chance, big shifts, and building the backbone of tomorrow’s AI. Guest speakers: Russ Dsa - CEO of LiveKit Host: Demetrios Brinkmann - Founder of MLOps Community ~~~~~~~~ ✌️Connect With Us ✌️ ~~~~~~~ Catch all episodes, blogs, newsletters, and more: https://go.mlops.community/TYExplore Join our Slack community [ https://go.mlops.community/slack ] Follow us on X/Twitter [ @mlopscommunity ]( https://x.com/mlopscommunity ) or [LinkedIn]( https://go.mlops.community/linkedin )] Sign up for the next meetup: [ https://go.mlops.community/register ] MLOps Swag/Merch: [ https://shop.mlops.community/ ] #voiceagents #podcast

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