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A phone number you can call to talk to an AI that remembers you

A phone number you can call to talk to an AI that remembers you

by sbjartmar·Feb 22, 2026·1 point·0 comments

AI Analysis

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Voice-first AI beats app fatigue, but GPT-realtime economics are brutal.

Strengths
  • Phone calls remove friction vs app; established UI mental model
  • Targets real gap: cellular reliability where broadband fails
  • Stateful conversation with memory across calls
Weaknesses
  • Author admits unsustainable unit economics (gpt-realtime cost)
  • No competitive advantage over Twilio + OpenAI wrapper; many startups tried this
Category
Target Audience

Remote workers, hands-free users, accessibility-needs populations, areas with poor broadband

Similar To

Twilio Voice + OpenAI API · Google Assistant phone calls · Amazon Lex voice systems

Post Description

I had a random thought a week ago: "why can't I just call my AI on the phone?"

It spun into a series of thoughts:

1. Phone calls are an established technology, people are used to picking up the phone and calling someone for a chat. It's much more natural than opening up a web app to talk

2. Millions of people don't have access to reliable 4G/5G where they live but still have cell signal. Those people would probably still want access to an AI.

3. Why don't I just build this?

4. I should build this.

So I built it: https://paradisesignal.com

I think I'll lose money from this. The gpt-realtime model is insanely expensive compared to text. But I want to give it a try and see if there's a need out there.

While I've been debugging and testing I've noticed something strange. I feel much more of a connection to the AI than I do in a regular web chat. I started greeting the AI each time I called it and I wouldn't hang up until we'd said goodbye. Maybe that's because I'm used to doing that on phone calls.

Anyways, if you live or work in a remote area I'd love to get some feedback and users. The AI remembers past conversations in detail, up to a point, so you can have coherent talks to it.

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