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Last month, Agora and Oracle brought together AI industry leaders and innovators in Singapore for an inspiring day focused on the future of AI, IoT, and real-time communications. Held at Oracle’s state-of-the-art venue, the Connect, Engage, Entertain (CEE) 2024 event showcased AI advancements, industry case studies, and immersive technology applications.
The conference underscored several critical themes:
Here’s a summary of each session and what our amazing speakers covered in their presentations:
The day began with an exploration of real-time multimodal agents powered by the open-source TEN (Transformative Extensions Network) framework. These agents process voice, text, video, and data inputs simultaneously, enabling faster, smarter, and more engaging interactions.
The session highlighted collaborations with OpenAI and their cutting-edge capabilities in creating applications that power smart homes, social entertainment, teleoperation and other industries requiring dynamic real-time engagement.
Angeline Lim, Senior Director Channel Sales, Cloud Engineering, Oracle
Kicking off the event, Angeline highlighted the strong partnership between Oracle and Agora, emphasizing Oracle’s role in enabling scalable cloud solutions that empower AI advancements. She welcomed attendees to collaborate, innovate, and share ideas as we shape the future of technology.
Raphael Chen, VP of Engineering, Agora
Raphael’s presentation explored how voice agents are transforming real-time engagement. He covered advancements in speech-to-speech models, low-latency responses, and Agora’s noise suppression techniques to enable human-like, natural AI interactions for customer service, healthcare, and virtual companionship.
“Agora believes that voice agents will continue to evolve rapidly, and the real-time agent with human-level performance will drive a huge expansion of demands, and they're helping to address the social demand imbalance.”
Mike Su, Oracle Tech Cloud Director
Mike introduced the joint OCI and TEN solution, focusing on Oracle’s AI-driven enterprise infrastructure and Agora’s real-time network for voice interaction with AI. He demonstrated how businesses can use GPU scalability, cloud optimization, and TEN framework to speed up AI communication, improve data management, and drive innovation.
“Oracle’s AI-focused GenDev, combined with Agora’s low-latency infrastructure, helps developers innovate quickly by focusing on app functionality, not infrastructure.”
Ilan Bigio, Applied AI Engineer, OpenAI
Ilan demonstrated OpenAI’s Realtime API in a live demo, showcasing its ability to automate voice-to-voice interactions. From placing and negotiating orders to answering queries, Ilan illustrated how conversational AI can create seamless, intuitive experiences that mimic human communication.
“OpenAI envisions real-time, voice-driven, asynchronous communication will become the most natural way to interact with technology.”
Yohei Yoshimuta, Head of Engineering, Parallel
Yohei discussed the evolution of conversational AI for social and entertainment platforms. He showcased how AI-driven agents enhance real-time interactions, making them more immersive for gaming, virtual events, and online social platforms.
“Parallel’s key feature is being a space where young people spend hours with friends, now enhanced with AI that joins voice chats to act as a gaming partner, study buddy and more!”
Jing Xue, Sr. Director of Product, Wyze
Jing shared insights into AI doorman solution powered by Agora and OpenAI Realtime API, showcasing how smart home devices seamlessly integrate computer vision, NLP, and human conversation for smooth interactions. This solution efficiently manages overlapping events and ensures real-time processing with actions such as detecting a stranger and triggering a siren within 1 second and generating conversational responses just as quickly. The system adapts to different scenarios—like “Home Alone” or “Package Delivery”—while maintaining privacy and personalizing responses using location and visitor history.
“AI can add significant value to the protective value or protect the home sector. Let AI watch your front door, manage deliveries, handle solicitors, and protect your home effortlessly.”
Amogha Srirangarajan, CEO, Carbon Origins
Amogha presented AI copilots for AR/VR-assisted teleoperation. He demonstrated how AI is enabling remote control of machinery, robotics, and vehicles across industries, such as industrial automation, emergency response, and remote equipment monitoring.
"Carbon Origins’ approach leverages teleoperation and AI-powered imitation learning to unlock robot labor for critical industries like construction and mining.”
The second session focused on how Agora’s technology integrates speech-to-text (STT), large language models (LLM), and text-to-speech (TTS) to enable seamless real-time communication. Agora’s innovations in network optimization and last-mile delivery ensure high-quality voice, video, and chat experiences.
Participants explored how these solutions power smart spaces, interactive AI-driven applications, and real-time translation, creating opportunities for immersive, multi-user interactions across industries.
Chan Yu Ka, Director Cloud Engineering, Oracle
Chan explored how Oracle accelerates the AI advantage through its cloud infrastructure. He emphasized the importance of GPU performance, robust AI scalability, and cloud-driven solutions for businesses adopting AI applications at scale.
“Oracle brings AI to the enterprise at every layer of the stack.”
Vincent Xsu, Technical Director, Jorjin Technology
Vincent introduced XR-enhanced meta spaces, showcasing how Agora and Oracle technologies are powering spatial computing. His presentation highlighted immersive AR/VR solutions for meta spaces, training simulations, and digital twin applications.
“AI has transformative potential in delivering seamless, intuitive, and engaging AR experiences.”
Marlon Stockinger, Co-Founder, Meta Motors
Marlon unveiled the Meta Motors ecosystem, introducing Astra Racing Co-Pilot, an AI-powered system that delivers real-time data analysis and performance feedback for racers. He showcased the M1 Championship League, where AI and real-world racing merge, creating a truly immersive and interactive experience for drivers and fans.
“We at Meta Motors offer a dynamic racing experience that blurs the line between simulation and reality.”
Joe Tham, Co-founder, Ellie Baby
Joe shared how AI-powered baby monitoring solution is helping parents monitor their child’s development in real time. Using Agora and OpenAI technologies, Ellie Baby offers intelligent monitoring systems that provide insights into baby health, behavior, and sleep patterns.
“Ellie Baby aims at transforming parenting with AI that provides active support, smarter insights, and better user experiences.”
Austin Du, VP-Marketing, IntelPRO
Austin presented IntelPRO’s vision & voice chip turnkey solutions, which offer an end-to-end platform for deploying AI in various IoT use cases. He showcased how businesses can integrate AI-driven image recognition and voice solutions to enhance automation, quality control, and user interactions.
“IntelPro understands the need of seamless integration from high-level application development to utilizing the chipset's Neural Processing Unit (NPU) for optimized AI functionality.”
Seunghyuk Jin, CEO, Klleon
Seunghyuk explored how digital humans powered by conversational AI are transforming communication in virtual spaces. He demonstrated how AI avatars can engage in stylish, human-like conversations, enhancing virtual customer service, marketing, and online education.
“Our revolutionary technology can naturally generate a wide range of facial expressions, from subtle to extreme, based on emotions.”
Moderated by Sam Yao, Product Director at Agora, this panel brought together thought leaders to explore AI trends, generative AI applications, and real-time engagement solutions. Panelists explored how advancements in AI infrastructure and investment are shaping the future of industry, enabling scalable, impactful solutions that overcome industry challenges. Key discussion points included the role of real-time APIs, the latest in AI technology, and how these innovations are revolutionizing industry applications across sectors.
Panelists included:
The panel emphasized the critical role of scalable infrastructure, generative AI solutions, and real-time tools in transforming industries and creating new opportunities.
“Conversational AI is transforming industries by not just creating innovation, but by making real-time, personalized experiences possible—empowering businesses to connect with customers in more meaningful ways and scale faster than ever before.”
This event was a celebration of collaboration, innovation, and the transformative power of AI. Thanks to Oracle, all our partners, and our attendees for making our active participation and this event a resounding success. Together, we are shaping the future.
As we look ahead, the advancements shared at this event highlight just how far AI has come—and how much further it can take us. Stay tuned for updates on upcoming events and the latest in AI technologies. Together, we are building the future.
Check out the full on-demand event recording here: Watch CEE 2024
