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Week 34

17–23 Aug 20262026-W34 · 4 filings · 3 companies · 0 net-new

4 filings, one each in 4 layers.

Hearspeech-to-text1

AssemblyAIModel providermodel release2026-08-19

Universal-3.5 Pro on pre-recorded audio, native code-switching

Code-switch without language flags at $0.21/hr, plus a prompt that steers entity recognition. Named customers: Granola, Fireflies, Dovetail.

Details1 source

AssemblyAI brought Universal-3.5 Pro to pre-recorded audio with native code-switching across 18 languages and contextual prompting, priced at $0.21/hr.

Universal-3.5 Pro

Speaktext-to-speech1

ElevenLabsModel providerlaunch2026-08-19

Eleven v3 Conversational reaches general availability

GA for the conversational TTS SKU. Pricing and plan mapping were not in the source we have (looks like LinkedIn rather than a dedicated blog).

Details2 sources · 1 X post

ElevenLabs moved Eleven v3 Conversational, its realtime expressive TTS model, to general availability for production streaming voice apps across 70+ languages.

Eleven v3 Conversational

Eleven v3 Conversational, our most expressive model for realtime speech, is now generally available. For developers building voice experiences that respond with real emotion, Eleven v3 Conversational includes audio tags for fine-grained control and support across 70+ languages.

https://x.com/ElevenLabs/status/2090136227617952145

Showavatars, video1

LiveKitPlatformlaunch2026-08-20

LiveKit Agents 1.7.0 forwards Spatius avatar session extra params

Avatar session param passthrough.

Details1 source

livekit-agents 1.7.0 forwards avatar session extra params through Spatius (1.0.5).

livekit-agents 1.7.0

Orchestrateframeworks, evals1

LiveKitPlatformlaunch2026-08-20

LiveKit Agents 1.7.0 (Python + JS) introduces PII redaction for Agent Observability

Observability privacy controls distinct from the expressive-mode blog row, covering Python and Node. Class-2: folded quiet patch(es) 1.7.1 into this row.

Details3 sources

livekit-agents and @livekit/agents 1.7.0 semantically redact detected entities from chat history and audio recordings and filter sensitive data from logs and traces; the Node core package lands on the same 1.7 line.

livekit-agents / @livekit/agents 1.7.0