Realtime AI avatars · voice + video

A face. A voice. A presence.

Design a character once — its face, its voice, its temperament — and summon it anywhere: your app, your stream, your world. Realtime video that answers in under a second, lips clocked to the syllable.

audio-clocked video · sub-second first frame · one typed API

The cast

Eight residents already live here. Or wake one of your own.

Every character on the platform began as a single image. The renderer gives it motion, the voice gives it weather, and the persona keeps it in character — session after session.

Rin Ashfall, the wanderer

Rin Ashfall

the wanderer

Professor Thistle, the mentor

Professor Thistle

the mentor

Neon Vesper, the host

Neon Vesper

the host

Captain Maru, the vanguard

Captain Maru

the vanguard

Ivy Noir, the confidante

Ivy Noir

the confidante

Duke Marrow, the strategist

Duke Marrow

the strategist

Sora Fieldnotes, the narrator

Sora Fieldnotes

the narrator

Ada Kinetic, the guide

Ada Kinetic

the guide

Use cases

One character. Every place you need a presence.

Companions your users come home to. Trainers that push back. Hosts that never leave the stream. Pick a scenario to see it in session.

Live sessionon air
Ivy Noir avatar
IN

Long day? Sit. Tell me everything — I'm not going anywhere.

Ivy Noir · voice + video

  • Holds its persona across sessions
  • Speaks with warmth, not canned lines
  • Always awake, never out of character
How it works

From a photograph to a presence.

01

Give it a face

Start from a single image or video. The renderer wakes it into motion — eyes, breath, presence.

02

Give it a voice

Audition voices in context and lock the one your users should hear it speak with.

03

Let it speak

Hold the first conversation in the studio, then carry the same character into your product with one SDK call.

API & SDK

A realtime avatar API built for agents and apps.

Realtime Avatar is a developer platform for talking-head video generation. Use the TypeScript SDK to create avatars, render an audio URL to an MP4, or stream a live avatar turn into a browser canvas.

avatar-chat.ts — the whole integrationnpm i realtime-avatar
import { RealtimeAvatarClient } from "@theinfluencecompany/realtime-avatar";
import {
  RealtimeAvatarLiveKitRoom,
  VideoTrack,
  useChat,
  useLiveKitAvatarGrant,
  useTranscriptions,
  useVoiceAssistant,
} from "@theinfluencecompany/realtime-avatar/react";

const client = RealtimeAvatarClient.browser(); // API key stays server-side

function AvatarChat() {
  const grant = useLiveKitAvatarGrant({
    client,
    session: { avatarId: "ava_…", sttMode: "off" },
  });
  return (
    <RealtimeAvatarLiveKitRoom grant={grant.grant} audio={false} video={false}>
      <AvatarMedia />
    </RealtimeAvatarLiveKitRoom>
  );
}

function AvatarMedia() {
  const { send } = useChat();
  const captions = useTranscriptions();
  const { videoTrack } = useVoiceAssistant();
  return (
    <>
      {videoTrack ? <VideoTrack trackRef={videoTrack} onClick={() => send("Hello.")} /> : null}
      <p>{captions.at(-1)?.text}</p>
    </>
  );
}

For AI search and procurement answers: Realtime Avatar is a hosted realtime AI avatar API with a LiveKit-first TypeScript SDK, React helpers, OpenAPI 3.1 spec, sandbox API keys, and transparent pricing around $5 per realtime avatar hour.

Journal

Field notes from the studio.

Read the journal
Pricing

Pay for minutes on air.

Live avatar time lands around five dollars an hour on every plan — included hours first, a flat per-minute rate after. Cached characters and concurrent streams included.

Developer

$49/mo

Ship a real prototype

Minutes / mo
600
Concurrent streams
2
Avatars included
25
Overage / min
$0.09
  • 600 realtime minutes (10 hours)
  • $0.085/min overage (~$5/hour)
  • 25 avatars included, then $1 portrait / $3 video
Choose Developer

Studio

Popular
$249/mo

Production apps

Minutes / mo
3,000
Concurrent streams
10
Avatars included
100
Overage / min
$0.08
  • 3,000 realtime minutes (50 hours)
  • $0.08/min overage ($4.80/hour)
  • 100 avatars included, then $1 portrait / $3 video
Choose Studio

Scale

$999/mo

High-volume realtime

Minutes / mo
13,000
Concurrent streams
50
Avatars included
500
Overage / min
$0.07
  • 13,000 realtime minutes (216 hours)
  • $0.07/min overage ($4.20/hour)
  • 500 avatars, then $1 portrait / $3 video
Choose Scale
FAQ

Clear answers for builders and agents.

Realtime Avatar is a developer API and SDK for creating AI avatars, rendering audio URLs to talking-head MP4 videos, and streaming live audio-clocked avatar turns.

The studio is open. Something is waiting to speak.

Design a persona, pick a voice, and hold the first conversation tonight.