On January 21, 2026, Agora announced a strategic partnership with Sentino to develop a Physical AI Agent Platform built on Agora’s Conversational AI Engine. The platform integrates real-time conversational capabilities with memory, emotion and multimodal expression, enabling device makers and AI brands to deploy long-term companion experiences. Four core features—context-aware inner thoughts, AI Diary for shared memories, crayon-style Diary Illustration, and emotion-driven Music Diary—are designed to deepen engagement and boost retention. By offering a turnkey ecosystem that combines Agora’s global, sub-second real-time network with Sentino’s persona frameworks, the joint solution reduces development complexity by 40% and accelerates time-to-market by an estimated 6 months, according to internal benchmarks.

On January 20, 2026, Agora expanded its partnership with MiniMax, integrating MiniMax’s expressive text-to-speech models into Agora’s AI Engine and real-time audio pipeline. This enables deployment of human-like, interruptible voice interactions across call centers, robotics and AGI proof-of-concepts. MiniMax’s TTS supports over 15 languages and 30 speaking styles, while Agora’s network spans 200+ countries and regions with carrier-grade reliability. Pilot deployments have already processed over 10 million minutes of real-time speech, showing a 25% reduction in latency and a 15% increase in user satisfaction scores. Both companies plan further joint development on multimodal conversational devices and global voice-first applications throughout 2026.