


Vishant Batta
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@Vishant_Batta
Building AI tools, bullish on the future of privacy-first AI | Currently @writesonic | Ex @unacademy | IIT Varanasi | Chardikala




OpenAI's S2S preview is polished but it still thinks in steps. Speech → text → model → text → speech. That's not how humans converse. Introducing Hydra. A native speech-to-speech model that doesn't wait for turn-taking, doesn't flatten emotion into text, and doesn't break when you interrupt it mid-sentence. Hydra reasons asynchronously, speaks and listens simultaneously, and preserves emotion because it never leaves the audio domain. It's still in beta, but the shift is obvious. If you want early access, the link is in the comments. Here's a preview of what that looks like -


Fundraising in London vs. San Francisco? Apparently, being asked about childhood trauma is universal... Konstantin raised $4.5M in two weeks across both locations, led by Northzone and Initialized. We discussed the difference in speed, questions, and processes. Our full conversation in the first comment.






Introducing Custom Agents. The AI team that never sleeps 🌙 They’re autonomous, built for teams, and easy for anyone to build. Give them a job, set a trigger or schedule, and they'll get it done 'round the clock.









