Convo AI World

Convo AI World

Explore voice-first conversational AI through honest conversations with practitioners. Hear from AI builders, infra engineers, product strategists, and more for the latest insights on what it takes to build best-in-class conversational AI experiences. Check out video episodes and subscribe to the Convo AI Newsletter at podcast.convoai.world

Episodes

AI at the Edge: 6G, Arabic LLMs & the Middle East’s AI Leap with Mérouane Debbah

October 8, 2025 • 39 mins
In this episode of Convo AI World Podcast, we dive deep into the future of AI, telecom, and the evolving role of conversational interfaces with Prof. Merouane Debbah, Founding Director of the Khalifa University 6G Research Center and one of the leading minds behind the Arab world’s first large language models — Noor and Falcon. Check out video episodes and subscribe to the Convo AI Newsletter at podcast.convoai.world
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The Voice AI and VR Revolution in Heavy Machinery with Carbon Origins' Amogha

October 1, 2025 • 51 mins
In this episode of the Convo AI World Podcast, Hermes Frangoudis interviews Amogha Srirangarajan, Co-founder and CEO of Carbon Origins. They discuss the evolution of Carbon Origins from last-mile delivery robots to heavy machinery teleoperation, the integration of voice AI and VR in enhancing operator experiences, and the future of robotics in construction and space mining. Amogha shares insights on the challenges of labor shortage...
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Open-Source Voice Activity Detection with TEN Framework's Ziyi Lin

September 24, 2025 • 33 mins
Ziyi Lin, speech engineer on the TEN Framework team, joins the Convo AI World podcast to explore the design and impact of a new open-source Voice Activity Detection (VAD) model. The episode explores the challenges faced with existing VAD solutions, the importance of high-quality training data, and the design choices that led to improved performance metrics. Ziyi explains how VAD functions as a critical component in conversational A...
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Building AI Community with Voice AI Space

September 10, 2025 • 40 mins
Thibault Mardinli (T-Bot) from Voice AI Space joins to discuss the evolution of Voice AI communities and ecosystems. Hermes and Thibault explore Thibault's journey from building a Voice AI startup to creating an open resource platform, the challenges of discoverability in the fragmented Voice AI landscape, and the democratization of AI expertise through visual interfaces. The conversation covers the spectrum of Voice AI companies f...
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The Science Behind AI Speech Recognition with Deepgram's Andrew Seagraves

August 28, 2025 • 66 mins
Deepgram's VP of Research Andrew Seagraves joins to explore the science and engineering behind modern speech recognition systems. Hermes and Andrew dive deep into why speech recognition isn't a solved problem, the two-stage training process of speech-to-text models, and the challenges of balancing real-time latency with accuracy. The conversation covers Deepgram's origins from dark matter research, power laws in speech data, buffer...
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AI Content Moderation with Google's Ninny Wan

August 13, 2025 • 37 mins
Google's Ninny Wan, Product Lead for AI Content Safety, joins to discuss the evolution of AI content moderation in the age of GenAI. The conversation covers Google's approach to semantic understanding, multilingual moderation across 140+ languages, synthetic data generation for training, and the balance between user freedom and safety. Ninny shares insights on transformer models, human-in-the-loop processes, cross-functional safety...
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Interactive Digital Avatars with Trulience's Richard Bowdler

July 30, 2025 • 44 mins
Trulience's Head of Growth Richard Bowdler joins to discuss the world of interactive digital avatars and conversational AI. Hermes and Richard explore how Trulience creates lifelike avatars, the technology behind real-time client-side rendering, multilingual support, and real-world applications from healthcare to customer service. The conversation covers the evolution from capture cages to modern avatar creation, competitive advant...
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Real-Time Translation with Palabra's Artem Kukharenko and Ivan Kuzin

July 15, 2025 • 30 mins
In this episode, Palabra's Artem Kukharenko (Co-Founder) and Ivan Kuzin (Head of Business Development) join to discuss the Palabra real-time speech-to-speech translation technology, the inspiration behind Palabra, common misconceptions about AI translation, the balance between latency and accuracy, and the challenges of voice cloning and intonation. The conversation also covers the applications of their technology, user feedback, d...
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Introduction to Conversational AI with Agora's Ben Weekes

July 11, 2025 • 31 mins
Agora's Ben Weekes joins to discuss the world of voice-first conversational AI. Hermes and Ben delve into the differences between voice and chat-based systems, explore the real-world applications of conversational AI, and break down the technology stack involved in creating effective voice agents. The conversation also touches on virtual avatars, infrastructure challenges, and the various conversational AI frameworks available for ...
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