Foundations of Voice AI: Components, Benchmarks & The Future of Speech Technology | VAPICON 25 Panel

At VAPICON 2025, the first-ever Voice AI Summit, leaders from Deepgram, Google DeepMind, Twilio, Daily, and Vapi explore what makes Voice AI work — from the core components behind speech technology to the benchmarks driving progress toward more natural, real-time voice interfaces. Panelists: Kwindla Kramer, Co-Founder & CEO, Daily Anoop Dawar, Chief Strategy Officer, Deepgram Paige Bailey, Developer Experience Lead, Google DeepMind Dr. Alberto Montilla, Sr. Director of Product Management, Twilio Moderator: Dan Goosewin, Founding DevRel, Vapi Topics covered: The essential components of modern Voice AI systems Benchmarks for evaluating speech recognition and voice models How real-time, multimodal AI is reshaping communication Industry collaboration and open innovation in the voice ecosystem 🎙️ Recorded live at VAPICON 2025 – the first-ever Voice AI Summit. 🔗 Learn more: deepgram.com