SaaS voice platforms boast sub-500ms latency, but chained APIs (STT->LLM->TTS) introduce volatile delays and cloud egress fees.
Our SRE guide to building an open-source Voice AI agent on Bare Metal:
⚡ Sub-400ms Streaming: Emit first packets at 167ms
🧠 vLLM Continuous Batching: PagedAttention for KV-cache scaling
🛡️ Zero-Trust Boundary: 100% HIPAA-compliant, air-gapped pipeline
https://www.irexta.com/tutorials/build-voice-ai-agent-bare-metal-gpus/