Arnav Chauhan@da_arc_bro

In competitive multiplayer shooters (Valorant, CS2, Apex Legends, Siege), split-second callouts dictate victory. However, international matchmaking routinely teams players across different languages, leading to miscommunication, silence, or toxic friction. General-purpose translation tools fail in gaming because: Temporal Latency: 2–3 second delays make fast tactical callouts obsolete before they arrive. Esports Slang & Shorthand: Terms like "one-shot", "diff", or "flank behind" are butchered by literal translation engines. Code-Switching: Players constantly mix English and native languages mid-sentence (e.g., Hinglish). Callout solves this with a purpose-built real-time audio pipeline: Streaming Speech Recognition: Captures 16 kHz PCM audio directly from the browser mic, processed asynchronously via AssemblyAI Universal-3.5 Streaming. Sub-200ms Domain-Aware Translation: Few-shot prompts executed on Groq LPUs (LLaMA 3.3 70B) distill complex, code-switched phrases into crisp, punchy gaming callouts under 10 words. Zero-Friction Audio Delivery: Broadcasts across WebSockets with individualized synthesis via Web Speech API or streamed ElevenLabs Flash audio. Private Voice Copilot: Hands-free trigger words ("Agent, repeat", "Agent, summary") deliver private situational reports straight to the player's ears without cluttering team comms.

🌎 Hybrid Hackathon | 💻 Online Build: 3–8 November 2026 | On-site Phase: 8 November 2026 📍 On-site Venue: Pierpont Place 163 W Pierpont Ave, Salt Lake City, UT 84101, USA ✨ Please note that travel and accommodation are not covered.

💻 Online Hackathon | ⏳ Build: 48 hours | 📅 September 25–27, 2026 The official IBM Bob 2.0 hackathon. Build what's next in AI-assisted development, alongside the developers and experts shaping it. ⭐ Get help from experts throughout the event 🤝 Join a team or build solo 💰 Prize pool: $12,000 🧑🏻‍💻 Register before the Kick-Off Stream to start building with Bob

🌎 Hybrid Hackathon | 💻 Online Build: September 10–16, 2026 | 📍 On-site: September 15–17, 2026 The official hackathon of AI Infra Summit — co-organized by Kisaco Research and lablab.ai. Build production-grade AI applications on the modern AI infrastructure stack, alongside 8,000+ attendees, researchers, founders, and infra leaders. 📍 On-site Venue (September 15–17): Santa Clara Convention Center 5001 Great America Pkwy, Santa Clara, CA 📍 On-site participation is by invitation only. Travel and accommodation expenses will not be covered.

🌎 Online Hackathon | 💻 Month-long challenge | Dates: Sep 1–30, 2026 | 🏆 $10,000 Prize Pool ($5k cash + $5k in AAI credits) A month-long online challenge run by lablab.ai together with AssemblyAI, the Voice AI infrastructure company for builders. Every participant builds on AssemblyAI. You can join at any point — registration stays open for the whole build window, so you can start on day one or pick the project up halfway through and still submit. 🌍 Fully online hackathon. Join and build from anywhere in the world.