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🛠️ Atarino – Voice-Powered Local Service Assistant

🌟 What inspired us

We were inspired by two things:

1. The rapid progress in large language models (LLMs) and Model Context Protocol (MCPs)
   
2. The everyday challenges faced by truck drivers and other service seekers who need quick, hands-free access to reliable info

Our goal was to build something practical, fast, and voice-driven to improve how people find and contact local businesses.

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💡 What it does

Atarino is a voice agent that connects with:

• 🧠 LLMs via MCPs
  
• 📱 Telegram for finding news&updates in chats and communities
• 📍 Yelp to find and call local services
  

Users can speak naturally, and the agent:

• Understands their need
  
• Finds the best local business
  
• Lets them call the provider directly

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🛠️ How we built it

We combined multiple cutting-edge tools into one pipeline:

• 🎙️ LiveKit (real-time audio)
  • Deepgram for speech-to-text
    
  • Anthropic LLM (via AWS Bedrock) for natural language understanding
    
  • ElevenLabs for text-to-speech
    
• 🧰 Google ADK and Apify MCP actors to control service interactions

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⚠️ Challenges we ran into

• Unstable tool calling over voice interactions
  
• The Minimax LiveKit plugin failed to connect during deployment
  
• Integration between voice layers and MCPs was fragile under latency

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✅ Accomplishments we’re proud of

• Fully working end-to-end voice flow: from user query to phone call
  
• Real-time multi-agent coordination via LLM + MCP
  
• Connected Yelp results directly to actionable voice interface

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📚 What we learned

• Deep dive into the Apify actors ecosystem
  
• New skills in voice AI, MCP orchestration, and latency handling
  
• Practical experience with AWS Bedrock, ElevenLabs, and LiveKit plugins

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🔮 What’s next for Atarino

We plan to:

• Integrate this voice assistant into our main startup product
  
• Expand to other platforms like WhatsApp and web apps
  
• Add smart filtering and memory for richer conversations

Built With

• anthropic
• apify
• aws-bedrock
• deepgram
• elevenlabs
• google-adk
• livekit