Agora and Akool Launch Conversational AI + Streaming Avatar Collaboration
Agora (NASDAQ: API) and Akool announced a strategic collaboration on November 6, 2025 to integrate Akool's streaming avatar technology into Agora's conversational AI platform. The integration makes Akool available as a beta avatar provider for Agora's Conversational AI Engine, enabling expressive, lifelike avatars synchronized with speech, facial movements, and gestures across voice, video, and chat.
Developers can select Akool via Agora APIs to add avatar-backed experiences for meetings, livestreams, AI agents, customer support, and education. The companies plan joint demos, developer resources, marketing, and iterative expansion of avatar features, language support, and performance optimizations.
Agora (NASDAQ: API) e Akool hanno annunciato una collaborazione strategica il 6 novembre 2025 per integrare la tecnologia degli avatar in streaming di Akool nella piattaforma di intelligenza artificiale conversazionale di Agora. L'integrazione rende Akool disponibile come fornitore di avatar beta per il Motore AI Conversazionale di Agora, consentendo avatar espressivi e realistici sincronizzati con voce, movimenti facciali e gesti attraverso voce, video e chat.
Gli sviluppatori possono selezionare Akool tramite le API di Agora per creare esperienze basate su avatar per riunioni, trasmissioni in diretta, agenti AI, supporto clienti e formazione. Le aziende prevedono dimostrazioni congiunte, risorse per sviluppatori, attività di marketing e un'espansione iterativa delle funzionalità degli avatar, supporto linguistico e ottimizzazioni delle prestazioni.
Agora (NASDAQ: API) y Akool anunciaron una colaboración estratégica el 6 de noviembre de 2025 para integrar la tecnología de avatares en streaming de Akool en la plataforma de IA conversacional de Agora. La integración coloca a Akool como proveedor de avatares beta para el Motor de IA Conversacional de Agora, permitiendo avatares expresivos y realistas sincronizados con voz, movimientos faciales y gestos a través de voz, vídeo y chat.
Los desarrolladores pueden seleccionar Akool a través de las APIs de Agora para añadir experiencias basadas en avatares para reuniones, transmisiones en directo, agentes de IA, atención al cliente y educación. Las empresas planean demos conjuntas, recursos para desarrolladores, marketing y expansión iterativa de las características de avatares, soporte de idiomas y optimizaciones de rendimiento.
Agora (NASDAQ: API)와 Akool은 2025년 11월 6일 전략적 협력을 발표하여 Akool의 스트리밍 아바타 기술을 Agora의 대화형 AI 플랫폼에 통합합니다. 이 통합으로 Akool은 Agora의 대화형 AI 엔진의 베타 아바타 공급자로 제공되어 음성, 표정 움직임 및 제스처와 함께 음성/비디오/채팅에 동기화된 표현력 있고 사실적인 아바타를 가능하게 합니다.
개발자들은 Agora API를 통해 Akool을 선택하여 회의, 라이브 스트림, AI 에이전트, 고객 지원 및 교육을 위한 아바타 기반 경험을 추가할 수 있습니다. 양사는 공동 데모, 개발자 자료, 마케팅 및 아바타 기능의 언어 지원과 성능 최적화의 반복적 확장을 계획합니다.
Agora (NASDAQ: API) et Akool ont annoncé une collaboration stratégique le 6 novembre 2025 pour intégrer la technologie d'avatar en streaming d'Akool dans la plateforme d'IA conversationnelle d'Agora. L'intégration rend Akool disponible comme fournisseur d'avatar bêta pour le Moteur IA Conversationnel d'Agora, permettant des avatars expressifs et réalistes synchronisés avec la voix, les mouvements du visage et les gestes à travers la voix, la vidéo et le chat.
Les développeurs peuvent sélectionner Akool via les API d'Agora pour ajouter des expériences basées sur des avatars pour les réunions, les diffusions en direct, les agents IA, le support client et l'éducation. Les entreprises prévoient des démonstrations conjointes, des ressources pour les développeurs, des actions marketing et une expansion itérative des fonctionnalités des avatars, du support linguistique et des optimisations de performance.
Agora (NASDAQ: API) und Akool haben am 6. November 2025 eine strategische Zusammenarbeit angekündigt, um Akools Streaming-Avatar-Technologie in die Conversational AI Engine von Agora zu integrieren. Die Integration macht Akool zu einem Beta-Avatar-Anbieter für die Conversational AI Engine von Agora, und ermöglicht ausdrucksstarke, lebensechte Avatare, die synchron mit Sprache, Gesichtsbewegungen und Gesten über Sprache, Video und Chat arbeiten.
Entwickler können Akool über die Agora-APIs auswählen, um avatarbasierte Erlebnisse für Meetings, Livestreams, KI-Agenten, Kundensupport und Bildung hinzuzufügen. Die Unternehmen planen gemeinsame Demos, Entwicklerressourcen, Marketing und eine schrittweise Erweiterung der Avatar-Funktionen, Sprachunterstützung und Leistungsoptimierungen.
Agora (NASDAQ: API) وAkool يعلنان عن تعاون استراتيجي في 6 نوفمبر 2025 لدمج تكنولوجيا الأفاتار المتدفقة من Akool في منصة Agora للذكاء الاصطناعي المحادثي. يجعل الدمج Akool متاحاً ك مزوّد أفاتار بيتا لمحرك AI المحادثي من Agora، مما يتيح أفاتارات معبرة وواقعية متزامنة مع الكلام وحركات الوجه والإيماءات عبر الصوت، والفيديو، والدردشة.
يمكن للمطورين اختيار Akool عبر واجهات برمجة تطبيقات Agora لإضافة تجارب مدعومة بالأفاتار للاجتماعات، والبث المباشر، ووكلاء AI، ودعم العملاء، والتعليم. تخطط الشركات لعرض د demos مشتركة، وموارد للمطورين، وأنشطة تسويقية، وتوسيعاً تدريجياً لميزات الأفاتار، ودعم اللغات، وتحسينات الأداء.
- Beta avatar integration into Agora Conversational AI Engine (Nov 6, 2025)
- Expands product offering to avatar-backed conversational experiences
- Developer APIs now support selectable Akool avatars for apps
- Integration limited to beta avatar provider status
- No commercial terms, pricing, or monetization details disclosed
Insights
Integration creates a new avatar-backed conversational product category and widens Agora's platform capabilities.
By adding Akool as a beta avatar provider, Agora extends its conversational AI engine from voice/text to synchronized visual presence, enabling speech-synced facial motion and gestures inside real-time apps. This turns existing conversational endpoints into richer, multimodal experiences usable in meetings, livestreams, AI agents, and customer support without rebuilding core voice infrastructure.
Key dependencies include the beta stability of the Akool plug-in, latency and synchronization between audio and avatar streams, and the ease of configuration through Agora's APIs. If integration maintains real-time constraints and supports multiple languages, it avoids degrading core engagement metrics.
Watch for developer uptake, latency benchmarks, and announced expansions in avatar features and language support over the next several quarters, especially around
Partnership lowers technical friction for developers to add lifelike avatars to real-time conversational apps.
Allowing developers to select Akool inside Agora's APIs and configure avatar settings streamlines implementation and shortens time-to-prototype for virtual hosts, educational tools, and expressive customer bots. Joint demos, developer resources, and marketing campaigns should accelerate discovery among engineers and product teams.
Risks include beta limitations, documentation quality, and performance on constrained networks; adoption will depend on clear SDKs, sample apps, and measurable UX improvements. Monitor the availability of sample integrations, developer documentation, and public performance demos in the coming quarters for evidence of scalable adoption.
Agora and Akool integrate real-time conversational AI with lifelike streaming avatars to elevate interactive experiences across voice, video, and chat.
"Agora's mission is to enable immersive real-time experiences. By integrating Akool's avatar technology, we're elevating what conversational applications can be — voice plus visual presence," said Tony Wang, Agora's Co-founder and Chief Revenue Officer.
Integration Highlights & Benefits
- Agora's Conversational AI Engine now supports Akool as a beta avatar provider, enabling the creation of creative, lifelike avatars that are synchronized with speech, facial movements, and gestures.
- Developers using Agora's APIs can select Akool as their avatar provider and quickly configure avatar settings in their applications.
- This integration enhances user interactions in meetings, livestreams, AI agents, and conversational interfaces, effectively bridging the gap between voice-only and fully visual experiences.
- The collaboration expands Agora's product offering to include avatar-backed conversational experiences, complemented by Akool's avatar generation and streaming technologies.
Use Cases & Applications
- Virtual hosts and AI agents that "see and speak" rather than just speak
- Enhanced livestreams and webinars where avatars present or narrate dynamically
- Customer support bots with expressive avatars to increase trust and engagement
- Educational platforms using avatars to deliver more humanized, interactive lessons
"At Akool, we believe that conversations become more powerful when you can both hear and see an expressive presence. Partnering with Agora connects our avatars directly into conversational AI platforms, making it easier for developers to bring these experiences to life," said Jiajun (Jeff) Lu, CEO of Akool.
The companies will jointly promote this integration through technical demos, developer resources, and marketing campaigns. Both teams plan to iterate on the collaboration, expanding avatar features, language support, and performance optimizations.
This partnership reinforces Agora's position as a platform that supports cutting-edge conversational experiences, while giving Akool a path to scale its avatar technology across diverse real-time applications.
About Akool
Akool is a full-stack AI video generation platform that empowers creators, educators, and enterprises to produce real-time, expressive avatars and video content. Its technology bridges voice, vision, and AI to deliver lifelike, interactive experiences.
About Agora
Agora is the global leader in real-time engagement, providing developers with simple, flexible, and powerful APIs to embed real-time conversational AI, voice, video, interactive live streaming, and chat into their applications and IoT devices. Headquartered in
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