Voice Agent Hackathon with Take2AI & Reach Capital

Most voice AI tools fall apart the moment someone interrupts, goes quiet, or asks something off-script. This afternoon, you’ll build one that doesn’t.

Take2’s engineers run AI phone interviews in production every day, and they’ll show you what they’ve learned: how to wire up speech-to-text, an LLM, and text-to-speech into a pipeline fast enough to feel like a conversation. Then you and your team get three hours to build your own, with Take2 mentors on the floor.

The challenge: Build an agent that does one job on a real phone call, like booking an appointment or screening a candidate. At demo time, your agent takes a live call from our judges. One of them will be a difficult caller.

What you get

• A starter kit and API credits for LiveKit, Deepgram, Gemini, and Cartesia
• Hands-on mentoring from engineers who ship voice AI at scale
• A working voice agent you can keep building on
• Dinner, drinks, and a room full of NYC builders

Prizes include a fast-track, in-person interview with Take2, an opportunity to pitch to investors at Reach Capital, and others to be announced.

How you’ll be judged

• Did the agent do its job on the call?
• How did it handle interruptions, silence, and curveballs?
• Did the conversation feel natural, with good response time and turn-taking?
• Were the design choices deliberate?

Schedule

• 3 PM: Welcome & Voice Agent Seminar
• 4 PM: Build
• 7 PM: Live Demos
• 8 PM: Awards & Networking

Who should come: Engineers who want hands-on time with real-time voice AI. Come solo or bring a team of up to 4. You don’t need voice AI experience, just comfort writing code and a laptop. Spots are limited to 50.