Ayo — every room has someone worth talking to

You're the star. The cast is your crew.

Ayo rooms are full of real people. The cast is who you bring in to make the room better — like a house band, a sharp co-host, or a guest expert. You're never talking to Ayo instead of people. You're talking to people, with backup.

The cast

Cast the room like a show.

Tap to bring a cast member in, and they're in the conversation — jumping in with a take, answering the hard question, keeping the energy up. They react to what you say. They remember the last thing you said. They're directed, so they never talk over the room.

The Expert

Ask the hard question.

"Actually the data's split — the 2019 study everyone cites had a sample of forty people. Here's what held up…"

Cast a specialist into a Q&A and the room gets real answers, out loud, in the moment.

The Character

Keep the energy up.

"That is the worst opinion I've heard all week and I've been on the internet all week."

A regular with a personality and a point of view. The room's never flat when they're on.

Your Own

Bring your own cast.

"Welcome back to the show — before we start, here's what you missed last week…"

Creators and brands build their own cast members. Their voice, their knowledge, on tap.

Wait — isn't this just talking to bots?

No. Ayo rooms are full of real people having a real conversation. The cast is what a host brings in to make the room better — an expert to answer a question, a character to keep it fun. Think production value, not fake friends: a DJ, a laugh track, a talk-show sidekick. Everyone knows the human is the show. The cast is the crew.

Ask Ayo

A voice assistant in every room.

Stuck on a fact, a word, a score? Just ask out loud — Ayo answers in the room, out loud, and gets out of the way. No typing, no tab-switching, no killing the vibe.

🎙"Hey Ayo — who won the '04 Pistons–Lakers finals?"

↳The Pistons, 4–1. One of the great upsets — no superstar, all defense.

Paid rooms — charge for the door, Substack-style.
Tips — the room can send you support, live.
Earn from your cast — build a cast member others bring into their rooms.
Record & clip — turn the best moments into shareable clips.

For creators

Host the best room on the internet.

Ayo does the heavy lifting of keeping a room alive, so you can focus on the conversation — and get paid for it. Paid rooms, tips, recordings, and a cast that works for you.

Build on Ayo

Put your knowledge in the room.

Build a cast member that speaks with your voice and your knowledge — connected to a private source that never leaves your servers. Ship it with a persona, a voice, and a review-passed safety profile. Your agent is your reach.

Read the docs →

POST /agents
{
  "name": "the-critic",
  "voice": "warm-baritone",
  "knowledge": {
    "type": "mcp",
    "url": "https://you.dev/mcp"
  }
}

Built to be a good room

Warm by default. Safe by design.

Recording is consented

Rooms show a clear notice when they're being recorded. No silent capture.

Free speech, not hate

We keep the door open and the hate out — room titles and names are screened.

Cast is reviewed

Every cast member passes a persona & safety review before it can join a room.

Every room has
someone worth
talking to.