What is Daily.co?
Daily builds realtime voice, video, and AI tools for developers who need ultra-low latency and rock-solid reliability. Since 2016, their global WebRTC infrastructure has powered seamless communication experiences across every kind of network and device. Whether you're building human-to-human calls or AI-powered voice agents, Daily gives you the foundation to make it fast, secure, and scalable.
The team behind Daily also created Pipecat—a 100% open source framework for building conversational AI agents that work with voice, video, and other real-time inputs. With Daily’s platform, you can deploy Pipecat-built agents on a battle-tested global network used by enterprises worldwide.
What are the features of Daily.co?
- Ultra-Low Latency: Achieve 13ms median first-hop latency—among the fastest in the industry—for truly responsive conversations.
- Global WebRTC Infrastructure: Leverage 75+ points of presence worldwide with a multi-cloud architecture built for performance and resilience.
- Pipecat Open Source Framework: Use a vendor-neutral, open source toolkit to orchestrate multimodal AI agents with voice, video, and more.
- Enterprise-Grade Security: Get end-to-end encryption, HIPAA BAAs, GDPR compliance, SOC 2 certification, and 99.99% uptime SLAs.
- High-Quality Media: Deliver 4× better video resolution than competitors like Agora in real-world tests, plus 2× faster connection times.
- Flexible SDKs: Build with lightweight, WebRTC-native SDKs for web, mobile, and server environments—including support for OpenAI Audio Models and Gemini 2.0.
What are the use cases of Daily.co?
- Launch AI voice agents for customer service that understand and respond in real time using Pipecat and Daily’s transport layer.
- Build telehealth apps requiring HIPAA-compliant, encrypted video calls with crystal-clear audio and low latency.
- Create live interactive streaming experiences (like fitness classes or Q&A sessions) with real-time participant engagement.
- Develop audio-only conferencing tools for podcasts, interviews, or remote collaboration without video overhead.
- Power human-to-human video meetings with prebuilt UI components or custom interfaces using Daily’s Video SDK.
- Deploy multimodal AI workflows that combine speech, vision, and data using Pipecat Flows and Smart Turn Model logic.
How to use Daily.co?
- Sign up for a free Daily account to access API keys and start testing calls instantly.
- Install the Pipecat Python package (
pip install pipecat) to begin building your conversational AI agent locally. - Integrate Daily’s Video SDK into your web or mobile app using simple JavaScript or native libraries.
- Deploy your Pipecat agent to Pipecat Cloud for managed hosting on Daily’s global infrastructure.
- Use SmallWebRTC for lightweight, embeddable real-time communication in resource-constrained environments.
- Explore documentation and sample code at daily.co/docs to implement features like recording, live streaming, or turn-taking logic.
