**Ship a voice agent, point real callers at it, and within a week you'll hit the same five failures everyone hits.** This talk names all five and hands you the fix for each — so your week one looks like everyone else's week ten. These aren't edge cases — they're what show up on day one of real calls: interruptions the agent talks over, turn-taking that misfires, latency that quietly compounds, actions the agent confidently hallucinates, and the audio/transcription mismatches no text test ever catches. Each comes with a real example and a concrete fix you can apply immediately. Fast, specific, and built to save you the initial painful weeks. Speakers: Venky Balasubramanian — Plivo; Vyas A — Plivo.
Voice & Realtime AI sessions at AI Engineer World's Fair 2026 in San Francisco.
Tuesday, June 30, 2026
1:55 PM - 2:15 PM·20m
Track 6 · Room 2014
Capacity: 250 attendees
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Venky Balasubramanian
Founder & CEO
Plivo
@bevenky
Venky is the founder and CEO of Plivo, a developer platform for building voice and messaging AI agents. Plivo powers thousands of businesses worldwide, from fast-growing startups to Fortune 500 enterprises.

Vyas A
Head of Product
Plivo
@not_ryan_vy45
Vyas leads product at Plivo, a voice AI agent platform. His work spans product, developer experience, and growth — so he sees both why teams build voice agents and exactly how they break the moment real calls hit.