nowfound

AI · January 30, 2026

Kameo.Chat

Real-time video chat for any character you upload.

Kameo.Chat launched on January 30, 2026 with 6 votes, #2,272 of 14,584 launches that month and more than 75% of that year's launches.

Visit kameo.chat ↗Kameo.Chat alternativestop 16% of January 2026

What it does

Most AI companions are stuck in text bubbles. Kameo.Chat brings them to life. We combine LLMs with real-time video generation to let you talk face-to-face with any character. Why it stands out: ⚡ Speed: Near-instant video replies (less than 5 seconds). 🗣️ Immersion: Full audio & lip-sync, not just text. 🛠️ Raw: A "vibe-coded" experiment by a solo dev focusing on interaction over UI.

Does a similar job

all alternatives →
  • Real-time AI Voice Chat at ~500ms Latency2025 · github.com · ▲524

    Have a natural, spoken conversation with AI! Contribute to KoljaB/RealtimeVoiceChat development by creating an account on GitHub.

  • ChatSonic2022 · writesonic.com · ▲656

    Like ChatGPT but with real-time data, images & voice search

  • Pinch2025 · startpinch.com · ▲535

    Hey HN! I’m Christian, daily lurker and some might remember our original launch post (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42935355). Today we're launching Pinch for Mac, which we believe is a step-change improvement in real-time AI translation. Our vision is to make cross-lingual conversations feel as natural as regular conversations. TL:DR During an online meeting, the app instantly transcribes and translates all audio you hear, and allows you to decide when you translate your voice and when you don't. It's invisible to others (like Granola), and works everywhere without any…

  • Character AI2023 · character.ai · ▲393

    Building the next generation of conversational AI

  • Kameo – Fault-tolerant async actors built on Tokio2024 · github.com · ▲105

    Hi HN, I’m excited to share Kameo, a lightweight Rust library that helps you build fault-tolerant, distributed, and asynchronous actors. If you're working on distributed systems, microservices, or real-time applications, Kameo offers a simple yet powerful API for handling concurrency, panic recovery, and remote messaging between nodes. Key Features: - Async Rust: Each actor runs as a separate Tokio task, making concurrency management simple. - Remote Messaging: Seamlessly send messages to actors across different nodes. - Supervision and Fault Tolerance: Create self-healing systems with actor…

  • Beni AIFeb 2026 · thebeni.ai · ▲78

    Hi HN, I built Beni (https://thebeni.ai ), a web app for real-time video calls with an AI companion. The idea started as a pretty simple question: text chatbots are everywhere, but they rarely feel present. I wanted something closer to a call, where the character actually reacts in real time (voice, timing, expressions), not just “type, wait, reply”. Beni is basically: A Live2D avatar that animates during the call (expressions + motion driven by the conversation) Real-time voice conversation (streaming response, not “wait 10 seconds then speak”) Long-term memory so the character…

More ai this month

the category →
  • Video model that turns script into viral social media videos

    AI · 18d ago · spira.ai

  • The browser where Claude Code and Codex work beside you

    AI · 17d ago · rill.love

  • Kolibri is Aleph Alpha

    AI · 19d ago · tej.as

  • Paintings by AI models: programs run through a simulation of oil paint.

    AI · 21d ago · stillwet.art

  • A real-time world model you can explore and change

    AI · 29d ago · world.pixverse.video

  • Beam.win▲377

    Run AI agents on one Mac and use its windows on another

    AI · 4d ago · beam.win

Source: Product Hunt launch ↗

Launched alongside, January 2026

the whole month →
  • IN

    Hey HN! I wanted to share something I built over the last few weeks: isometric.nyc is a massive isometric pixel art map of NYC, built with nano banana and coding agents. I didn't write a single line of code. Of course no-code doesn't mean no-engineering. This project took a lot more manual labor than I'd hoped! I wrote a deep dive on the workflow and some thoughts about the future of AI coding and creativity: http://cannoneyed.com/projects/isometric-nyc

    AI · Jan 2026 · cannoneyed.com

  • Cowork▲1,088

    Turn Claude into your digital coworker

    AI · Jan 2026 · claude.com

  • DataFast▲867

    Revenue-first analytics

    Growth · Jan 2026 · datafa.st

  • OpenClaw▲836

    The AI that actually does things

    AI · Jan 2026 · openclaw.ai

  • Automatic AI-powered code reviews the moment you open a PR

    Dev tools · Jan 2026 · kilo.ai

  • AI Content Maker, for Social Media Publishing

    AI · Jan 2026 · postsyncer.com