Brian Johnson

This talk introduces Pipecat, an open-source framework for building real-time conversational AI, and Tavus, a platform for creating conversational video replicas. It highlights the three key components needed for real-time AI: models, orchestration, and deployment. The presenters explain how Pipecat acts as an orchestration layer, managing the flow of data (frames) through various processors to enable low-latency audio and video communication.