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Aether Voice

A phone call is still the fastest way to close a lead. We built the agent that never puts one on hold.

Production voice agents that call, answer, qualify and route high-intent leads in under 30 seconds, multilingual and available around the clock.

Under 30s
Qualifies a lead in
Calls, answers, qualifies and routes
24/7
Availability
Multilingual, no queue hold
SIP · Twilio · Plivo
Telephony
Direct trunk integration
Real-time
CRM sync
Webhook lead handoff
Venture: Aether VoiceClassification: Our venture · Production AISpeed: Under 30s Lead QualificationTrunks: SIP / Twilio / Plivo / WebRTC
Live Production AI
Why voice ops break

Human-only call operations cannot scale on demand.

Staffing a phone line for peak volume means paying for idle time during lulls. Staffing for average volume means dropped calls, slow follow-ups, and lost revenue at peak.

01

High operational labor cost

Staffing, training, and constant attrition turn every conversation into an expensive line item. Call-center labor absorbs 60–70% of total customer support OpEx.

60–70% of OpEx
Per-call costs remain trapped on a steep headcount curve.
02

Limited availability & shift silos

Human teams work business shifts in one time zone. Demand does not. After-hours, weekend, and holiday calls either go to voicemail or wait until morning.

Zero after-hours coverage
Overflow and after-hours opportunities drop off permanently.
03

Inconsistent customer experience

Script adherence, tone, and qualifying thoroughness swing drastically by agent, shift, and fatigue. Brand voice cannot be guaranteed across thousands of calls.

High variance
No two leads receive the same standard of representation.
04

Missed leads & decaying follow-up

Speed-to-lead is the single biggest conversion factor in digital sales. Inbound leads left in queue past 5 minutes experience an exponential drop in connect rate.

Decays in <5 mins
Slow response is a lost customer, not a delayed one.
05

Zero elasticity at campaign peak

Product launches, marketing campaigns, and seasonal surges overwhelm queues. Ramping headcount requires recruiting lead times businesses simply do not have.

Inelastic capacity
Peak inbound volume crashes response rates and leaves revenue.
06

Lost conversation intelligence

Phone calls evaporate the moment caller hangs up. Without real-time transcription and entity extraction, management gets zero structured, queryable data.

Unmined voice data
Customer intent, objections, and sentiment are never systematically captured.
Operational lifecycle

Six steps from a contact list to optimized, measurable performance.

An automated loop: contacts stream in from your CRM, conversational AI handles dialogue and qualifies live, NLP extracts intent, and outcomes optimize future targeting.

CRM ContactsAutonomous AI DialogueNLP Outcome ExtractionSync Back to CRM
04
Phase 04 of 06

AI Conducts Calls

Agents converse in natural speech, handle interruptions in real-time, qualify, and answer queries.

Integrated Technology:WebSockets · Deepgram · ElevenLabs
Production Automated
Cloud architecture

One call, four stages, on the stack we actually run.

WebSocket audio streaming, streaming text-to-speech, and deterministic state-machine guardrails that keep the agent from improvising during a live call.

One call, four stages, in the time it takes to say hello.

A live call

The caller talks over the agent. The agent yields.

Watch the agent's track get cut short the instant the caller starts.

Aether AISample dialogue simulation
agent speaking0.0s / 12.2s
calleragent
0.4s turnaroundcomposing in background
0.4s turnaroundcomposing in background
  • agentThanks for calling — I can help with pricing, or get you booked with the team. Which first?
  • callerActually — I just want to book a call for Thursday.
  • agentSure. Let me check what we have open on—
  • callerSorry, morning works best for me.
  • agentMorning it is. I have a slot Thursday at ten — lock that in?
  • callerYes, that works.

Illustrative call, used to show one mechanism — the agent yields the instant the caller starts talking. Not a recording of a real conversation.

Mid-call CRM sync

Every ask in one breath, handled at once.

Add a second or third thing to the same sentence and each still lands on its own — none of them wait in line.

Caller Voice Prompt3 asks in 1 breath

“Can you get me on the calendar for Thursday morning, check if the starter kit is still in stock, and log a note for my file?”

CALLER
AGENT
Get on the calendarCheck the starter kitLog a note for my file
Thursday · MorningBooked
Starter kitIn stock
Account noteSaved

Every action lands before the call ends — none of them wait for the others.

Conversation intelligence

Every call measured. Voice data converted into decisions.

Turn recorded dialogue into verified operational intelligence: connect rate trends, qualification benchmarks, sentiment progression, and outcome distributions.

app.aetherai.io / analytics
Recorded Campaign Proof

Call Volume & Connect Rate Trend

Weekly campaign ramp · Slide 13 benchmark
▲ 34% volume ramp
Wk 4 Selected:
Volume: 3,284 callsConnect Rate: 75%

Conversation Outcomes

3,284 Sampled
64%Positive Sentiment
Qualified Leads
42%
Meetings Scheduled
22%
Follow-Up Required
24%
No Interest
12%
Connect Rate71%+4% vs manual
Sentiment Score+0.62+0.62 net positive64% positive sentiment on -1 to +1 scale
Lead Qualification38%BANT qualified
Avg Call Duration2m 41sFast, decisive close
Measurable impact

From call center cost center to automated growth engine.

Aether AI eliminates the per-call hourly wage floor. Compute scales with telephony infrastructure rather than ballooning headcount.

-55%Cost Per ConversationRemoves the human labor floor
+28%Operational EfficiencyZero queue wait times
3.4×Outreach CapacityConcurrent dialing velocity
+19%Lead Conversion RateSub-30s speed-to-lead response

Cost Per Qualified Conversation

-60% Delta
$4.80 / call
Baseline
Manual Team
$1.90 / call
-60%
Aether AI
Automation eliminates the per-call human labor floor. Unit costs scale strictly with compute infrastructure, not headcount.

Enterprise Operating Leverage

Measurable From Week One
Cost per Qualified Lead-60% Reduction
Manual Baseline: $4.80 / callAether AI: $1.90 / call

Saves $29,000 for every 10,000 calls handled by cutting per-call costs from $4.80 down to $1.90.

Daily Outreach Capacity10× Scalability
Manual Baseline: 45 calls / agent / dayAether AI: 450+ concurrent calls

Zero hiring delay; instant campaign spin-up during high-demand surges.

Speed-to-Lead Connect Rate+19% Conversion
Manual Baseline: 2.5 hrs average delayAether AI: < 30 seconds

Reaching leads while intent is hot doubles initial call connect rates.

Operating Floor: Scales with compute, not headcountZero New Hiring Cycles
The ecosystem

Seven modules, one unified operations console.

Everything an operations team needs to design agent personalities, launch outbound dialers, manage lists, and read structured outcomes in a single workspace.

aether-voice / operations-workspace
Unified Voice Operations Suite
Build & Configure
Operate & Scale
BUILD Module · 01

Agent Persona & Voice Studio

Live Production Ready

Design distinct vocal personalities, custom response guidelines, speaking rate, and domain vocabulary.

Module Capabilities:
Voice cloning & accent selection
Guardrail & forbidden topic rules
Low-latency conversational pacing
Sync Status: Real-time WebSocket connectionZero-code Deployment
Enterprise comparison

Where a voice agent does more than a phone tree.

Legacy IVR
Phone tree
  • Natural speech
  • Handles interruptions
  • Scales without hiring
  • Structured call data
  • Acts mid-conversation
Aether Voice
This platform
  • Natural speech
  • Handles interruptions
  • Scales without hiring
  • Structured call data
  • Acts mid-conversation
Generic chatbot
Text-first
  • Natural speech
  • Handles interruptions
  • Scales without hiring
  • Structured call data
  • Acts mid-conversation

A qualitative comparison, not a benchmark of any specific product.

Industry solutions

Deployed across regulated and high-volume industries.

From clinic appointment reminders to institutional mortgage qualification, voice AI adapts to existing domain workflows.

94% automated intake

Healthcare & Telehealth

Post-consultation follow-up, patient intake screening, appointment scheduling, prescription status updates.

Live Enterprise Deployment
100% compliant logs

Financial Services & FinTech

Customer onboarding, KYC verification reminders, compliant payment follow-up, transaction alerts.

Live Enterprise Deployment
3.4× tour bookings

Real Estate & PropTech

Inbound property inquiries, lead qualification within 30 seconds, scheduling private in-person tours.

Live Enterprise Deployment
60% lower intake cost

Insurance & Claims

Policy renewal outreach, First Notice of Loss (FNOL) intake, quote pre-qualification, claims status.

Live Enterprise Deployment
71% connect rate

Retail & E-Commerce

High-value order confirmations, VIP customer win-back calls, return logistics coordination.

Live Enterprise Deployment
< 30s response time

Enterprise B2B SaaS

Speed-to-lead demo qualification, trial user onboarding check-ins, expansion pipeline discovery.

Live Enterprise Deployment
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Hear it handle a real conversation.

Schedule a live test call and hear it handle a real conversation.

Production Capabilities

  • Natural interruption handling during live conversation.
  • Direct telephony integration across SIP trunks, Twilio, Plivo and Vonage.
  • CRM function calling to book meetings and check inventory mid-call.
  • Audio logging and automated transcription pipelines.
Production Stack Marks
Python
FastAPI
WebSockets
Deepgram / ElevenLabs
Twilio Telephony
Redis
Node.js
Aether Voice in short

Aether Voice is a conversational voice AI agent that calls, answers, qualifies and routes high-intent leads in under 30 seconds, in multiple languages and around the clock. It connects to SIP trunks, Twilio, Plivo and Vonage, and hands each lead to your CRM in real time, with guardrails that stop it improvising on a live call.

Hear it handle a real conversation.

Aether Voice: questions buyers ask.

What does Aether Voice do?

It answers and places calls, qualifies the lead in conversation and routes it, so a high-intent enquiry is handled in under 30 seconds with no queue.

Which phone systems does it work with?

SIP trunks, Twilio, Plivo and Vonage.

Can it book meetings and update our CRM?

Yes. It uses CRM function calling to book meetings and check inventory during the call, and passes leads on by webhook in real time.

How do you stop a voice agent from saying the wrong thing?

Deterministic state-machine guardrails keep the agent on the script of the call instead of improvising, and every call is logged and transcribed.

Does it speak more than one language?

Yes, it is multilingual and available 24/7.