Drop-in WebRTC replacement for AI voice APIs

P7/10May 9, 2026
WhatA managed real-time audio transport layer purpose-built for AI voice applications that eliminates WebRTC's complexity while preserving its browser-native benefits.
SignalDevelopers building voice AI products are caught between WebRTC's painful complexity and WebSocket's missing features — they need something designed specifically for the AI-to-human audio use case rather than the peer-to-peer video call use case WebRTC was designed for.
Why NowOpenAI, Google, and dozens of startups are shipping real-time voice AI products right now, creating sudden massive demand for a transport layer optimized for server-to-client AI audio rather than peer-to-peer calls.
MarketEvery company building voice AI agents (thousands today, tens of thousands within a year) — $2B+ TAM in voice AI infrastructure; competitors are raw WebRTC or rolling your own on WebSockets.
MoatProtocol-level network effects — once developers build on your SDK and clients are deployed, switching costs are enormous; plus deep optimization data from handling billions of audio streams.
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