# OpenAI — How Tolan builds voice-first AI with GPT-5.1

- Company: OpenAI (openai.com)
- Announced: 2026-01-07T10:00:00+00:00
- Subject: GPT / ChatGPT / API
- Models affected: GPT-5.1
- Source: https://openai.com/index/tolan
- Record: https://forck.live/items/319-how-tolan-builds-voice-first-ai-with-gpt-5-1

Tolan built a voice-first AI companion using GPT-5.1, combining low-latency responses, real-time context reconstruction, and memory-driven personalities for natural conversations.

## Evidence

Verbatim from https://openai.com/index/tolan:

> Tolan built a voice-first AI companion with GPT-5.1, combining low-latency responses, real-time context reconstruction, and memory-driven personalities for natural conversations.

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