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Becoming Voice-Pilled: Why Voice Is the Next Interface for Agents

About this session

The real world runs on conversation, yet today most ai agents live inside a chat box. Iz will spend time digging into this problem, and share why voice is the next interface for agents, what it takes to make them feel truly human, and our journey in creating the most natural, human-like voice models in the market

What you’ll take away

  • Explore the limitations of a chat-box-only agent experience.
  • Connect voice-model capabilities with natural conversational interactions.

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Iz Shalom

CPO · Cartesia

Iz Shalom is CPO at Cartesia. His Ship session explores why voice is becoming an interface for agents and what it takes for those interactions to feel natural, connecting the capabilities of voice models with the experience of a real conversation.

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  • Becoming Voice-Pilled: Why Voice Is the Next Interface for AgentsOctober 15 · 11:40 AM–12:05 PM · Startup Studio

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