@gustaf (Y Combinator) sees voice agents land across wildly different categories, and he’s watched voice companies go from demo to multiple rounds. At VapiCon he’ll share what YC is seeing: how fast these companies grow, how pricing has shifted in 12 months, and why the biggest opportunity is still ahead.

Future of Voice panel, Nov 12. Code ALSTROMER50 for 50% off: https://vapi.ai/vapicon-2026

VapiCon 2026

Source: https://vapi.ai/vapicon-2026

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The Frontier Voice AI Summit. The community that held the first ever voice AI summit, back for two days on what’s working and what’s next.

Fort Mason Festival Pavilion 2 Marina Boulevard #260 San Francisco, CA 94123

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*All tickets include a light breakfast, lunch, happy hour, am/pm snacks, & all day beverages both days!

Our 2026 Speakers

• Jordan Dearsley Founder & CEO @ Vapi

• Nikhil Gupta Founder & CTO @ Vapi

• Harrison Chase Co-Founder & CEO @ Langchain

• Guillermo Rauch CEO @Vercel

• Scott Stephenson Co-Founder & CEO @ Deepgram

• Tanay Kothari Founder & CEO @ Wispr Flow

• Justin Uberti Head of Realtime AI @ OpenAI

• Bogo Giertler Member of Technical Staff @ OpenAI

• Andy O’Dower VP, Field CTO @ Twilio

• Kwindla Hultman Kramer Co-Founder & CEO @ Daily

• Brandon Yang Co-Founder @ Cartesia AI

• Brooke Hopkins Founder & CEO @ Coval

• Davit Baghdasaryan Co-Founder & CEO @ Krisp

• Michael Grinich Founder & CEO @ WorkOS

• Laurie Voss Head of Developer Relations @ Arize AI

• Klemen Simonic CEO @ Soniox

• Neil Zeghidour CEO @ Gradium

• Gustaf Alstromer General Partner @ Y Combinator

• Homer Kay SVP Data Science & AI @ Spring Venture Group

• Chris Manko CTO @ Smart General Practice NHS

• Benjamin Bulford-Forbes Software Engineer @ Smart General Practice NHS

• Shoham Shitrit Applied AI Engineer @ Percepta

• Alberto Lopez Toledo CTO @ Cityblock Health

• Joshua Ruminski SVP, Member Engagement & Experience @ Cityblock Health

• Sam Loewner VP, Member Experience @ Cityblock Health

• Alejandro Maza Chief AI & Product Officer @ Kavak

• Olivier Vroom Founder @ UserExperience.org

• Vijeth Vijaykumar AI Solutions Specialist @ Descartes Systems Group

• Charles Hua Head of Product and Engineering @ Pinnacle

• Anna Oh Head of Product & Design @ Norbert Health

• Damien Murphy Applied AI Engineer @ SpaceX Super Intelligence

• Hervé Bredin Co-Founder & CSO @ pyannoteAI

• Kaan Karakas Applied AI Engineer @ Delphi

• Rohan Vasishth CEO @ Bluejay

• Siddeshwaraswamy Avaragolla Math Principal Engineer @ Intuit

• Sumanyu Sharma Founder & CEO @ Hamming AI

• Ulrich Gartzke Founder & CEO @ CAREBELLS

• Vidas Bacevicius Lead Solutions Engineer @ Oxylabs

• Yi Zhong Co-Founder & CEO @ Besimple AI

• Zohaib Ahmed Co-Founder & CEO @ Resemble AI

• Martin Siniawski Founder & CEO @ Rest

• Carter Huffman Co-Founder & CEO @ Modulate AI

• Sindhuja Narasimhan Head of Design @ Agentic AI, Obin AI

• Scott Lowe Member of Technical Staff, Product Engineer @ Vapi

• Michael Carpenter Senior Director Voice & Video @ Twilio

• Steven Diaz Engineering Manager @ Vapi

• Sanjay Krishnamurthy Head of AI Enablement @ Cinder

• Sourish Biswas Sr. Product Manager @ HOAi

• Rissa Cao CEO @ Fish Audio

• Utsav Singhal Co-Founder & CTO @ Interact AI

• Ryan Ratner Sr. Product Marketing Manager @ Vapi

• Bets Margulies Product Manager @ Vapi

• Isha Sheth Sr. Product Manager @ Gemini Live, Google Deepmind

• Pawanjit Singh CIO @ Centria Healthcare

• Diya K. Wynn Principal, Responsible AI Lead @ Amazon Web Services

• Joshua March Co-Founder & CEO @ Veritus

• Alex Tandy Head of Product @ Vapi

Our 2026 Sponsors

Supporting the future of voice AI innovation

A Voice AI Conference withYOUin Mind

Voice AI Summit

Builders, Product Leaders, Business Leaders, Growth Teams, and Operators come together to reimagine how humans and machines connect—through voice.

Real-world demos, product launches & more

Improve your skill set with hands-on workshops

Developers, founders, enterprise teams

Prizes, merch, and enjoy great food and drink

Meaningful, human-centered user experiences

FAQs

• This isn’t just another AI event. It’s ‘THE’ Voice AI Summit builtfor Builders. ​We’re gathering the sharpest engineers, technologists, and AI builders to deep dive into how voice interfaces are being used in production, from infra to UX. We will have parallel tracks - one for technical builders and one for non-technical leaders
• 2 Days - November 11 & 12, 2026
• **Date:**November 11 & 12, 2026 **Venue:**Festival Pavilion at Fort Mason, San Francisco
• YES, Both Days! - A light Breakfast - Lunch we will have a variety of delicious food trucks - Happy Hour will have a variety of small bites, mocktails, & cocktails - All Day Beverages Lunch & Happy Hour Food Trucks (subject to change) 🍛 Curry Up Now 🍗 Respectable Bird 🍢 Yakitori Harue 🌮 Cielito Lindo 🥙 Sunrise Deli 🍔 Me So Hungry Too 🍱 Buri Buri 🌯 Melina’s Kitchen
• CTOs, engineering and product leaders, UC architects, AI/ML heads, innovation executives, and conversation-UX designers responsible for enterprise voice strategy.
• Select talks will be recorded, but in-person will get first access and exclusive content.
• Yes. Photos and videos will be captured throughout the event for promotional and community use. By attending, you consent to the use of your image and likeness in promotional materials, social media, and other digital content related to the event.
• Unfortunately, no animals are allowed at the event, with the exception of licensed service animals.
• There are several nearby hotels offering discounted rates for VapiCon attendees at various price points. Availability at these rates is very limited, so we recommend booking your stay as soon as possible. We suggest arriving on November 10 and departing on November 13 to make the most of the event. Book Now