HACKATHON · SAN FRANCISCO
Hardware hackathon: turn a vintage toy into a voice agent
[Invite-Only] Build a voice agent, put it inside a vintage toy, and then take it home with you 👀 Voice agents can do a lot: take notes, fact-check, keep kids entertained, or keep someone co...
- When
- Wed, Oct 7
5:00 PM to 8:00 PM PT - Where
- Northern Waterfront, San Francisco, CA
- Host
- AssemblyAI
- Entry
- Free to attend
About this event
[Invite-Only] Build a voice agent, put it inside a vintage toy, and then take it home with you 👀
Voice agents can do a lot: take notes, fact-check, keep kids entertained, or keep someone company.
In this hands-on workshop, you'll build a fully interactive voice agent with AssemblyAI's Voice Agent API. Then you'll install it in a Furby with a mini computer to give it a new personality: playful, helpful, unhinged, or anything else you want.
🎁 What's included:
- $100 in AssemblyAI credits - Food and drinks - Your very own Furby keychain set 🔨 You’ll walk away with
- A fully functional voice agent - Hands-on experience building with real-time voice AI - A framework for bringing virtually any hardware to life with voice 🧠 What you’ll learn
- How to connect hardware to a voice pipeline - How to stream speech and agent responses in real time - How to design personality and behavior for a voice agent 🎒 What to bring
- Laptop + Charger - Python 3.8+ or Node.js 18+ installed - Type c cable - Claude code / codex or OpenCode installed 🗓️ Agenda
- 5:00–5:30 pm — Networking + Happy Hour - 5:30–5:45 pm — Intro & Demo - 5:45–7:30 pm — Build Your Voice Agent The workshop starts promptly at 5:30 pm, arrive early to grab a drink and get settled!
No hardware-hacking experience required. We’ll provide everything you need, plus food and drinks. Just bring your laptop and come ready to...
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