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Big Ideas 2026: Voice Agents and High-Stakes Trust

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Dec 24, 2025
Olivia Moore, a partner focusing on AI voice agents, highlights how voice AI is transforming regulated industries like healthcare and finance. Julie Yoo, a healthcare expert, introduces the concept of 'healthy mouths'—continuous monitoring for proactive care. Bryan Kim discusses how consumer AI trends are shifting towards deeper connections and interactions. The conversation revolves around trust and reliability, emphasizing that in high-stakes situations, systems must be both dependable and measurable to succeed.
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INSIGHT

Voice Agents Are Deployment-Ready

  • Voice agents moved from demos to deployed enterprise systems in 2025, especially in regulated workflows like healthcare and finance.
  • They succeed because they are measurable, auditable, and can reliably follow compliance compared with humans.
ADVICE

Target Regulated, High-Turnover Workflows

  • Do target high-turnover, regulated workflows like post-surgery follow-ups, insurers, pharmacies, and recruiting for early voice AI wins.
  • Measure performance and compliance continuously to demonstrate reliability and reduce human error.
INSIGHT

Repeatability Trumps Human Variability

  • Voice AI can outperform humans in compliance and multilingual accuracy, and it can be tracked over time.
  • That tracking and repeatability make voice agents attractive to sectors with strict regulations like banking.
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