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Alfredo Romero

3 years working in AI Voice Space. 678 agents running live for businesses. Building BuildWithHermes: Whitelable AI Voice Agency

Location Miami Joined Joined on  Personal website https://www.buildwithhermes.com/

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COO Nex AI Systems

Why Your $0.07/Min Voice Agent Actually Costs $0.31: The 5-Invoice Problem

Why Your $0.07/Min Voice Agent Actually Costs $0.31: The 5-Invoice Problem

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Lovo AI Filed for Bankruptcy Mid-Lawsuit. Vapi Had 3 Outages in 11 Days. The Agency Infrastructure Risk Playbook.

Lovo AI Filed for Bankruptcy Mid-Lawsuit. Vapi Had 3 Outages in 11 Days. The Agency Infrastructure Risk Playbook.

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4 min read
TCPA After Lowrey v. OpenAI: What AI Voice Agencies Must Change Right Now

TCPA After Lowrey v. OpenAI: What AI Voice Agencies Must Change Right Now

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5 min read
State of AI Voice for Agencies 2026: Market Data, Margins, and Platform Shifts

State of AI Voice for Agencies 2026: Market Data, Margins, and Platform Shifts

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8 min read
Retell Logged 31 Outages in 11 Months. What Fallback Architecture Should Look Like.

Retell Logged 31 Outages in 11 Months. What Fallback Architecture Should Look Like.

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3 min read
Margin Math: Why 50-Client Agencies Bleed $3,000/Month on Vapi

Margin Math: Why 50-Client Agencies Bleed $3,000/Month on Vapi

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4 min read
America's Top TCPA Lawyer Just Said AI Voice Agencies Are Next. Here's What to Do This Week.

America's Top TCPA Lawyer Just Said AI Voice Agencies Are Next. Here's What to Do This Week.

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6 min read
Vapi Outage Proves Platform Risk: Why Agencies Are Building on Hermes Instead

Vapi Outage Proves Platform Risk: Why Agencies Are Building on Hermes Instead

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3 min read
Wrapper Pricing Just Got Worse: The Real Cost of Not Having a Platform

Wrapper Pricing Just Got Worse: The Real Cost of Not Having a Platform

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4 min read
The Real Cost of DIY: Building a Voice Agent on Twilio + OpenAI

The Real Cost of DIY: Building a Voice Agent on Twilio + OpenAI

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7 min read
Vapi Just Raised $50M at $500M. Here's Why That's Bad News for Your AI Voice Agency.

Vapi Just Raised $50M at $500M. Here's Why That's Bad News for Your AI Voice Agency.

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7 min read
Synthflow Just Chose Enterprise Over You. Here's What AI Voice Agencies Should Do This Week.

Synthflow Just Chose Enterprise Over You. Here's What AI Voice Agencies Should Do This Week.

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6 min read
Vapi Logged 18 Incidents in 90 Days. What That Means for Agency Reliability

Vapi Logged 18 Incidents in 90 Days. What That Means for Agency Reliability

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From Zapier + Make + GHL Spaghetti to Native Workflows: A Refactor Diary

From Zapier + Make + GHL Spaghetti to Native Workflows: A Refactor Diary

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3 min read
Multi-Tenant Voice AI: Isolate Client Numbers, Billing, and Offboarding

Multi-Tenant Voice AI: Isolate Client Numbers, Billing, and Offboarding

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3 min read
What Is AI Voice Agency Infrastructure? A 2026 Definition and Market Map

What Is AI Voice Agency Infrastructure? A 2026 Definition and Market Map

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4 min read
Vapi vs Retell for Agencies: Both Are Infrastructure Tools. Neither One Is an Agency Platform.

Vapi vs Retell for Agencies: Both Are Infrastructure Tools. Neither One Is an Agency Platform.

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10 min read
OpenAI Just Rewrote the Voice AI Margin Equation. Here's What Your Agency Needs to Do This Week.

OpenAI Just Rewrote the Voice AI Margin Equation. Here's What Your Agency Needs to Do This Week.

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6 min read
Best Voice AI Platforms for Agencies in 2026: Hermes vs Synthflow vs Retell vs Vapi

Best Voice AI Platforms for Agencies in 2026: Hermes vs Synthflow vs Retell vs Vapi

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13 min read
OpenAI Shipped Your Voice Stack at $0.25/Min. Vapi Went Enterprise. The Infra Layer Abandoned Agencies in Eleven Days.

OpenAI Shipped Your Voice Stack at $0.25/Min. Vapi Went Enterprise. The Infra Layer Abandoned Agencies in Eleven Days.

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The Voicerr 10x Price Hike: A Migration Playbook for AI Calling Agencies

The Voicerr 10x Price Hike: A Migration Playbook for AI Calling Agencies

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6 min read
The Voicerr 10x Price Hike: A Migration Playbook for AI Calling Agencies

The Voicerr 10x Price Hike: A Migration Playbook for AI Calling Agencies

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7 min read
TCPA 2026: The New Compliance Rules Every AI Voice Agency Must Follow

TCPA 2026: The New Compliance Rules Every AI Voice Agency Must Follow

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