Hardware hackathon: turn a vintage toy into a voice agent

[Invite-Only] Build a voice agent, put it inside a toy, and then take it home with you 👀

Voice agents can do a lot: take notes, fact-check, keep kids entertained, or keep someone company.

In this hands-on workshop, you'll build a fully interactive voice agent with AssemblyAI's Voice Agent API. Then you'll install it in a Furby with a mini computer to give it a new personality: playful, helpful, unhinged, or anything else you want.

When you leave, the Furby is yours, and it talks back (and not in Furbish)

🎁 Perks:

• $100 in AssemblyAI credit

• Food & Beverages: Mediterranean Dinner

• You take home the hardware

🔨 You’ll walk away with

• A fully functional voice agent

• Hands-on experience building with real-time voice AI

• A framework for bringing virtually any hardware to life with voice

🎒 What to bring

• Laptop + Charger

• Python 3.8+ or Node.js 18+ installed

• Type c cable

• Claude code / codex or OpenCode installed

🧠 What you’ll learn

• How to connect hardware to a voice pipeline

• How to stream speech and agent responses in real time

• How to design personality and behavior for a voice agent

🗓️ Agenda

• 5:00–5:30 pm — Networking + Happy Hour

• 5:30–5:45 pm — Intro & Demo

• 5:45–7:30 pm — Build Your Voice Agent

We’ll kick things off promptly at 5:30 pm.

No hardware-hacking experience required. We’ll provide everything you need, plus food and drinks. Just bring your laptop and come ready to build.

Limited Capacity
Seats are limited. Request an invite to join the community building the future of voice AI!

Furby is a trademark of Hasbro. This event is not affiliated with or endorsed by Hasbro.

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