VocalBridge and DeepLearning.AI are hosting a 7-day Voice AI Builder Challenge starting June 23, where participants will learn to develop voice-enabled AI agents that know when to call for assistance. This initiative comes as Voice AI education gains momentum, with offerings from DeepLearning.AI focusing on integrating voice capabilities into AI applications while balancing reliability and performance. Participants will engage in hands-on projects, including building a voice-interactive tic-tac-toe game and enabling agents to make phone calls in real-time, showcasing the potential of voice technology in practical applications.

Vocal Bridge: Vocal Bridge is an AI company and AI Fund portfolio company that develops tools and architecture for adding voice interfaces to AI agents and applications. It uses a dual-agent system with a real-time foreground agent paired with a reasoning background agent to balance low latency and high reliability. The company is partnering with DeepLearning.AI on the Voice AI Builder Challenge and related educational content.
Ashwyn Sharma: Ashwyn Sharma is the CEO and co-founder of Vocal Bridge. He teaches the new DeepLearning.AI course on Voice for AI Agents and Applications, covering practical integration patterns for voice in apps and agents. Sharma has recently presented on building voice UIs at industry events like AI Dev 26.
Scott Johnston: Scott Johnston is the former CEO of Docker and currently serves as a board member at Vocal Bridge. He provides insights on moving voice agents from demos to production as part of educational content and events tied to the Voice AI challenge.
DeepLearning.AI: DeepLearning.AI is an online education platform founded by Andrew Ng that offers courses and specializations focused on artificial intelligence and machine learning. It recently launched and promotes short courses on practical AI applications, including voice integration for agents. The platform is collaborating on a 7-day Voice AI Builder Challenge to help developers build voice-enabled agents.

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