This Is the End of Chatbots
From Marketing Against The Grain by Hubspot Media
May 14, 2026 · 19 min · Season 1 · Episode 426
About this episode
Kipp discusses the emerging trend of Voice AI and its implications for brand marketing.
Get the Voice AI Prompt Pack for Marketers: https://clickhubspot.com/fd5a Ep. 426 AI will give your brand an actual voice. Kipp dives into the hottest trend in AI that not many are talking about—Voice AI—and how it’s set to revolutionize your brand’s customer experience. Learn more on why real-time voice is the new marketing channel you can’t afford to ignore, how foundational advances from OpenAI and Thinking Machines make AI conversations faster and more human than ever, and the steps every marketer should take to define, audit, and upgrade their brand’s voice in the age of AI. Mentions GPT‑Realtime‑2 https://openai.com/index/advancing-voice-intelligence-with-new-models-in-the-api/ Thinking Machines https://thinkingmachines.ai/ Willow Voice https://willowvoice.com/ ElevenLabs https://elevenlabs.io/ Get our guide to build your own Custom GPT: https://clickhubspot.com/customgpt Resource [Free] Steal our favorite AI Prompts featured on the show! Grab them here: https://clickhubspot.com/aip We’re on Social Media! Follow us for everyday marketing wisdom straight to your feed YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGtXqPiNV8YC0GMUzY-EUFg Twitter: https://twitter.com/matgpod…
People in this episode
Host: Kipp
Topics covered
- Voice AI
- Customer Experience
- AI Marketing
- Brand Voice
- Real-time Voice
Keywords
- Voice AI
- customer experience
- AI conversations
- marketing channel
- brand voice
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Hubspot Media, OpenAI, Thinking Machines, Willow Voice, ElevenLabs
Products: Voice AI Prompt Pack, Custom GPT
Books & works: Marketing Against The Grain
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