One of Vapi's main challenges is reducing latency, with the current rate standing at 1.2-2 seconds. The company aims to reduce this to under one second in the next month. However, Vapi's reliance on other APIs for its platform could reduce its defensibility if larger companies move into the area. Despite this, the team believes it has an advantage in its ability to handle thousands of calls simultaneously and plans to build its own models for audio-to-audio solutions.
Key takeaways:
- Superpowered, an AI-powered notetaker, is pivoting to become Vapi, an API provider for creating voice-based AI-powered assistants.
- Vapi allows developers to create a bot using prompts and put it behind a phone number, and also offers SDK integration for embedding the bot on websites and mobile apps.
- One of the biggest challenges for Vapi is reducing latency, with the current latency being 1.2-2 seconds, but the goal is to bring it down to under one second in the next month.
- Despite relying on other APIs, Vapi believes it has an edge in handling thousands of calls simultaneously and plans to build its own models for audio-to-audio solutions.