Telnyx Launches 'LiveKit on Telnyx' for Deploying Voice AI Agents

New hosted platform delivers 50% lower costs, sub-200ms latency, and carrier-grade telephony for LiveKit voice AI agents

Apr. 6, 2026 at 5:30pm

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A highly detailed, glowing 3D illustration of a futuristic voice AI agent interface, with pulsing neon cyan and magenta lights emanating from the digital components, conceptually representing the advanced technology powering voice-based artificial intelligence.Telnyx's new LiveKit on Telnyx platform promises to power the next generation of enterprise-grade voice AI agents with lower costs and ultra-low latency.Austin Today

Telnyx, the voice AI infrastructure platform, has announced the launch of LiveKit on Telnyx, a fully hosted platform that runs LiveKit agents on Telnyx-owned infrastructure. The new offering promises dramatically lower costs, ultra-low latency, and enterprise-grade telephony capabilities for developers deploying voice AI agents.

Why it matters

The launch of LiveKit on Telnyx represents a significant advancement in the voice AI space, providing developers with a cost-effective and high-performance platform to deploy their AI agents. By owning the entire infrastructure stack, Telnyx is able to offer significant cost savings and ultra-low latency, which are critical for enterprise-grade voice AI applications.

The details

LiveKit on Telnyx enables developers to deploy their existing LiveKit agents without changing their code. Customers simply package their agent with a Dockerfile and deploy it via API, with Telnyx handling the underlying infrastructure. Telnyx claims to offer 50% lower speech-to-text (STT) and text-to-speech (TTS) costs compared to LiveKit Cloud, and is waiving session fees during the beta period. The platform also promises sub-200ms round-trip time for conversations, thanks to Telnyx's colocated GPU infrastructure and the elimination of external API routing.

  • LiveKit on Telnyx is available now in beta.
  • Session fees are waived during the beta period.

The players

Telnyx

Telnyx is the trusted Voice AI infrastructure platform that owns its carrier network, holds telecom licenses in 30+ countries, and operates 18 global points of presence with colocated GPU infrastructure for edge inference.

LiveKit

LiveKit is an open-source framework for building voice AI agents that Telnyx is now hosting on its own infrastructure.

David Casem

David Casem is the CEO and co-founder of Telnyx.

Jon Scalet

Jon Scalet is the Technical Product Manager at Telnyx.

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What they’re saying

“Voice AI is moving from prototype to production. That transition demands infrastructure built for enterprise reliability and compliance. LiveKit on Telnyx gives developers the framework they know with the carrier-grade foundation that enterprise production deployments require.”

— David Casem, CEO and co-founder of Telnyx

“LiveKit created an excellent agent framework. LiveKit on Telnyx extends it with the telephony infrastructure that enterprise deployments require, carrier-grade SIP, verified identity, and compliance built into every call.”

— Jon Scalet, Technical Product Manager at Telnyx

What’s next

Existing LiveKit developers can migrate to LiveKit on Telnyx in minutes, as the agent code stays the same.

The takeaway

The launch of LiveKit on Telnyx represents a significant advancement in the voice AI space, providing developers with a cost-effective and high-performance platform to deploy their AI agents. By owning the entire infrastructure stack, Telnyx is able to offer significant cost savings and ultra-low latency, which are critical for enterprise-grade voice AI applications.