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ElevenLabs drops Eleven Realtime to kill the conversational voice lag
ElevenLabs rolled out Eleven Realtime v1 Max and Mini with 0.57-second latency, targeting OpenAI's grip on live speech agents.
Devon Achebe · 12d ago · 5 min read
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OpenAI's Realtime Voice Update Just Wiped Out The Wrapper Startups
OpenAI cut out the middleman in voice AI. If your entire startup was three APIs stitched together with duct tape and a markup, your business model just vanished.
Nina Falco · Sep 17, 2026 · 5 min read
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