OpenHome - AI Smart Speaker Platform

The Problem

OpenHome is an open-source AI smart speaker platform that lets developers build custom voice agents. They needed new abilities added to the platform: a WhatsApp Voice Sender module and an Alarm/Timer system, both integrated with their existing voice SDK and shipped within the developer community's release cycle.

Our Approach

Built the WhatsApp Voice Sender as a standalone ability module that hooks into OpenHome's voice pipeline. The module captures voice input via Deepgram, processes it through the LLM layer, and sends voice note responses through the WhatsApp API. Also built the Alarm/Timer ability with natural language time parsing. Collaborated directly with the CTO (Jesse) through their Discord developer community.

Pipeline Breakdown