Weekly Roundup
WHAT EVERYONE’S TALKING ABOUT
Ex-GitHub CEO Thomas Dohmke raises $60M for Entire, a Git-native hub for AI coding agents 🚀💻
Kimi K2.5 just became production-ready on Lightning AI ⚡
Google’s PaperBanana turns research text into NeurIPS-ready diagrams automatically 🍌📊
Mistral’s new ASR makes real-time, multilingual transcription cheap enough for prod 🎙️⚡
Legal AI-Harvey is in talks for a $200M raise at an $11B valuation ⚖️💰
Google previews WebMCP in Chrome, a new standard for AI agents to call web tools directly 🌐⚡
Alibaba’s Qwen-Image-2.0 jumps into the top tier of image gen - 2K outputs + strong editing in one model 🖼️🔥
SPOTLIGHT
Plivo: Build Voice AI Agents, Your Way
Plivo is an AI agent builder platform for voice-first, omnichannel experiences, trusted by Meta, Adobe, Hoka, Atlassian, Yahoo! and thousands of enterprises worldwide. The platform offers flexible build options: spin up agents with no-code tools, go deeper with low-code orchestration, or build from scratch with full-code frameworks and APIs.
Most Voice AI platforms force a tradeoff: use a locked-in, all-in-one solution that's easy but inflexible, or stitch together five different vendors and own the complexity yourself. Plivo eliminates that choice.
Plivo’s Voice AI Platform
What makes Plivo different is its modular Voice AI stack. Use the fully integrated platform (Managed STT, LLM, Managed TTS, and telephony pre-configured) or plug in only the layers you need.
Need an STT tuned for conversational agents? Plivo's Agentic STT bundles noise cancellation, interruption handling, and turn detection into a single model.
Need just the connectivity layer? Use audio streaming or SIP trunking and bring everything else yourself.
The entire platform runs on Plivo's own enterprise-grade global infrastructure, delivering the reliability and low latency enterprises demand.
Start with Voice, then extend to WhatsApp, SMS, RCS, and Chat.
One platform. Your way.
Upcoming…
EVENTS FOR OUR COMMUNITY
Self Improving Agents - Hack NYC
Build with the future stack of AI.
🏆$45k+ in Prizes!
🗓️Saturday, 21 February, 9:30 am-7:30 pm ET
🔗REGISTER HERE
Autonomous Agents Hackathon - SF
Build real AI agents with AWS, OpenAI, Neo4j & more.
🏆 $47k+ in Prizes!
🗓️ Friday, 27 February, 9:30 am – 7:30 pm PT
🔗 REGISTER HERE
Interested in sponsoring an upcoming event or hosting your own?
reach out here
Teams Hiring Right Now
Curated Engineering Roles
Staff Backend Engineer: FLORA (Apply Here)
Own: Generation orchestration, DB architecture, observability.
Scale: Real-time AI creative platform, serious usage volume.
Stack: TypeScript-heavy, queue-based systems, infra design.
Bar: 7+ yrs backend, strong systems & reliability instincts.
$52M raised • Team of ~20 • Customers include Pentagram, Lionsgate, Nike
Software Development Engineer (Voice): PLIVO (Apply Here)
Own: Real-time voice systems (WebRTC, SIP/RTP), signaling & media infra.
Build: Global distributed RTC platform + AI voice agents (TTS, STT, VAD).
Stack: C/Go/Rust + Python/Node • Freeswitch, Kamailio, Livekit.
Scale: 1B+ API requests/month across global infra.
Voice + AI + low-latency systems at production scale.
Full Stack Engineer: Airia (Apply Here)
Own: End-to-end development across enterprise AI web platform.
Build: Secure, scalable B2B workflows for enterprise clients.
Stack: React, modern JS • C# / .NET Core • Azure.
Scale: Enterprise-grade, multi-tenant distributed architecture
Enterprise AI + Azure-native architecture.
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