LiveKit is a platform that provides developers with tools to build real-time audio and video applications at scale.

It offers an open-source web RTC stack for creation of live interactive experiences like video conferencing, streaming, and virtual events.

LiveKit has gained significant attention for its partnership with OpenAI for the advanced voice feature.

Russ Dessa is the founder of LiveKit and has an extensive career in startups.

In this episode, he joined Sean Falconer to talk about his startup journey,

the early days of Y Combinator, LiveKit, WebRTC, LiveKit's partnership with OpenAI,

voice and vision as the future paradigm for computer

interaction, and more.

This episode is hosted by Sean Falconer.

Check the show notes for more information on Sean's work and where to the show.

Hey, Sean.

Thanks for having me.

Yeah, absolutely.

I'm looking forward to this.

You know, I'm excited about all the things that you're doing at LiveKit.

So I know that LiveKit isn't your first

company. You know, you had a couple of swings at the entrepreneurial bat, so speak. And you were even

part of an early YC batch. Can you talk a little bit about your background and perhaps your experience

with YC? Yeah, for sure. So background wise, my dad was an entrepreneur as well and in technology. He was starting

companies in the semiconductor era and early GPUs in like the kind of late 80s and early 90s.

And so I grew up in the Bay Area and I've kind of been around people starting companies

and around technology for pretty much

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