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How I built a sub-500ms latency voice agent from scratch | Nick Tikhonov

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How I built a sub-500ms latency voice agent from scratch February 9, 2026 · 12 min read This post made it to the Hacker News front page! I'm genuinely grateful - and pleasantly surprised by the response. If you're building an AI or voice product and want hands-on help, I do focused consulting. Learn more . I’ve spent the last six months working on a startup, building agent prototypes for one of the largest consumer packaged goods companies in the world. As part of that work, our team relied on off-the-shelf voice agent platforms to help the company operate more effectively. Though I can’t go i

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