OSS voice based conversational API with <1sec latency and other nuances
Hi Hackernews, we're Maitreya, Prateek and Marmik. Over the past few months we've been working on building a platform to build, scale and monitor voice based LLM applications. Demo (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OSrOmyR7oQs) 1⃣ Open Source orchestration: We're open-sourcing our orchestration to quickly setup and create LLM based voice driven conversational applications https://github.com/bolna-ai/bolna/ 2⃣ Hosted API Platform: Exposing our managed solution via APIs to build voice driven applications…
OSS voice based conversational API with <1sec latency and other nuances launched on March 27, 2024 with 8 votes, #1,754 of 4,270 launches that month and more than 75% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 2 years on.
What it does
Scale customer support, sales, recruitment with Bolna Voice Agents. Inbound and outbound calls in vernacular Indian languages like English, Hindi, Hinglish.
Seamlessly Build, Test, Deploy, and Scale Conversational Voice AI Agents. Go from idea to live calls in minutes, not weeks. Have questions? Give our AI Agent a call and we'll help you get started. Create Voice AI agents for India that sound natural, understand context and take action that business oriented results without increasing your team size. Whether you're a no-code builder or a developer, Bolna makes it easy to create powerful conversational voice AI agents that understand Indian languages and accents. Build and scale multilingual voice bots using simple clicks or code control. With integrated speech, telephony, and APIs, Bolna provides everything you need to take your idea into…from bolna.dev
In the maker’s words, at launch
Hi Hackernews, we're Maitreya, Prateek and Marmik. Over the past few months we've been working on building a platform to build, scale and monitor voice based LLM applications. Demo (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OSrOmyR7oQs) 1⃣ Open Source orchestration: We're open-sourcing our orchestration to…
Pricing, as stated on its site
Free tier, paid plans from $0.06/mo — Pay-as-you-go credits ($10-$5000 minimum), Pilot plan at $0.06/min (6¢/min), Enterprise custom pricing. Free $5 credit on signup.
checked September 2026 · prices change
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