LiveKit is a developer infrastructure company founded in 2021 that provides an open source platform for building real-time voice, video, and physical AI agents. The platform, which evolved from an initial media server and SDKs, supports applications across web, mobile, and embedded devices. Its technology is used by AI labs, robotics labs, and Fortune 500 companies.
The platform has achieved significant scale, with over 200,000 developers and teams using it and facilitating billions of calls annually. It notably powers the voice mode for OpenAI's ChatGPT.
As an open source project, the company is focused on simplifying real-time application development. Its technical domains include real-time audio/video, AI-powered interactions, and developer infrastructure.
