Sep 24, 2025
We just shipped several big and small updates:
Get started faster from the CLI ⚡
We’ve made it much easier to create a voice AI agent straight from the command line. Just run:
npx @layercode/cli init
to scaffold a new project and get a local voice agent running in a few minutes.
Here's a short video showing it in action:
Bring your own keys for ElevenLabs & Cartesia 🔑
We want to make it as easy as possible to build production-ready voice agents that balance value and performance, and we know that many production agents need to run concurrently.
Cartesia and ElevenLabs, however, have auto-scaling concurrency limits. To continue offering both providers without limitations, we’re moving Cartesia and ElevenLabs to a ’Bring Your Own Keys’ model.
You can now add your own API keys in your Dashboard's settings.
Note: Starting Monday 29th, any agents using Cartesia or ElevenLabs without keys will be automatically switched to Rime to ensure continuity.
Pricing Updates 💰
$100 free credits: All new users now receive $100 free credits to get started building with Layercode. If you already signed up and claimed $25 free credits, reply below and we will top you up!
Layercode Pro: We’re introducing a $250/month pro subscription with more concurrency, extended session recording and retention, dedicated support, and more. Ideal for teams building production voice AI.
More info about our Developer, Pro and Enterprise plans →
All-new voice picker 📣
We’ve completely overhauled the voice picker UI with search, filters and voice previews for voices from Rime, ElevenLabs and Cartesia.
Small, but important things
The latest JS SDK fixes audio device selection in Firefox and emits user.transcript and user.transcript.delta client events so you can show the user transcript as they speak.
Telephony & Call Handling: New /v1/agents/{agent_id}/calls/initiate_outbound endpoint to launch outbound Twilio calls from your agent
SOC 2 Compliance: We’ve started work on making Layercode SOC 2 compliant. If this matters to you, please send us a note at hello@layercode.com for more information.
We’ve updated our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy.
More soon! Please reply below with any questions, ideas or general feedback.
