Voice agents that can listen while they talk

The problem

Phone and voice products still feel like walkie-talkies: they talk, then they listen, and they drop the thread.

Who would pay for this?

Developers building support, booking, or companion voice products.

How could it make money?

A possible model is api. That is an editorial guess from the shape of the launch, not a published price, and not evidence that OpenAI uses it.

What would the MVP look like?

One voice session, barge-in, a tool call, and a transcript.

Product that inspired this idea

Voice agents in the API that can listen while they speak, using the models and harness you choose.

Posted by @OpenAIDevs. Launch page. No separate product site is listed unless the post itself is the source.

• voice
• api

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