LiveKit
Realtime infrastructure for voice and physical AI agents
LiveKit was launched as an open-source infrastructure project for building and scaling realtime audio and video applications. The company was founded by Russell D'Sa and David Zhao.
And…we’re Live(Kit)! | LiveKit VerifiedLiveKit announced LiveKit Cloud, a fully managed global WebRTC platform built on top of its open-source stack. The launch positioned Cloud as a way to move from proof of concept to production without changing code.
Announcing LiveKit Cloud | LiveKit VerifiedLiveKit announced a $22.5 million Series A financing round led by Altimeter, with support from Redpoint and several notable angel investors. The company said the capital would help expand its AI infrastructure offerings.
LiveKit's Series A: Infra for the AI computing era | LiveKit VerifiedLiveKit announced a partnership with OpenAI to help developers build apps using the technology behind ChatGPT's Advanced Voice feature. The company also introduced a Multimodal Agent API with support for OpenAI's Realtime API.
OpenAI and LiveKit partner to turn Advanced Voice into an API | LiveKit VerifiedLiveKit announced a $45 million Series B round, bringing its total capital raised to $83 million. The company said the funding would support growth and its all-in-one platform for voice AI agents.
LiveKit’s Series B: Building the all-in-one platform for voice AI agents | LiveKit Verified$100M Series C announced Jan 2026.
VerifiedLiveKit announced a $100 million Series C financing round led by Index Ventures, with participation from Salesforce Ventures, Hanabi Capital, Altimeter, and Redpoint Ventures. The company said the round valued it at $1 billion.
LiveKit's Series C: Towards the voice-driven era of computing | LiveKit Verified