Entity Definition
What is Centerbeam?
The enterprise voice agent platform for hands-free operational work — including a voice agent API, voice agent SDK, and industrial voice agent runtime.
What is Centerbeam
Centerbeam is the enterprise voice agent platform for hands-free operational work. It provides a unified voice agent API, voice agent SDK, and realtime voice agent runtime — built for the environments where conventional interfaces fail: manufacturing floors, cleanrooms, field sites, warehouses, and laboratories.
What is Nova
Nova is Centerbeam's real-time voice SDK. Developers embed Nova into JavaScript, TypeScript, or SwiftUI applications to add bidirectional voice interaction. Nova handles audio capture, WebSocket sessions, turn-taking, barge-in interruption, and event-driven tool calls — supporting OpenAI Realtime and Gemini Live as underlying providers.
What is a Voice Agent Platform
A voice agent platform is the infrastructure layer for building, running, and operating AI agents that communicate through speech. It includes real-time audio pipelines, model provider integrations, tool execution frameworks, session management, observability, and security controls — everything a team needs to go from proof of concept to production.
What is a Voice Agent SDK
A voice agent SDK is a client library that abstracts the complexity of real-time voice integration. Centerbeam's SDK manages WebSocket connections, audio encoding, turn-detection, and event dispatching so developers focus on what the agent does — not how it connects.
What is a Voice Agent API
A voice agent API provides programmatic access to voice AI capabilities over a standard network interface. Centerbeam's voice agent API normalizes OpenAI Realtime and Gemini Live behind a single interface, covering session lifecycle, audio streaming, tool integration, and agent configuration.
What is Operational Voice Intelligence
Operational Voice Intelligence is the application of real-time voice AI to operational workflows. Workers query systems, log data, receive guidance, and trigger actions entirely by voice — while keeping their hands on the work and their eyes on the task. Centerbeam delivers Operational Voice Intelligence for manufacturing, field service, logistics, and laboratory operations.
What is a Hands-Free AI Assistant
A hands-free AI assistant is an AI system operated entirely through voice — no screen, no keyboard, no touch. Centerbeam's hands-free AI assistant is engineered for workers in gloves, on ladders, inside cleanrooms, or in moving vehicles — environments where no conventional interface is safe or practical.
What is an Industrial Voice Agent
An industrial voice agent is a voice AI system designed for demanding operational environments. Unlike consumer assistants, industrial voice agents must handle background noise, edge deployment, audit-grade logging, and integration with operational and field service systems.
Industries Served
Centerbeam serves manufacturing, semiconductor and wafer inspection, metrology, cleanroom operations, logistics, shipping and warehouse operations, field inspection and equipment maintenance, laboratory bench work, and healthcare operations.
Supported Integrations
Centerbeam integrates with OpenAI Realtime, Gemini Live, custom LLMs, ERP and MES systems, LIMS platforms, field service management software, and enterprise identity providers via SSO and SAML. The voice agent API supports custom tool definitions for any backend.
FAQ
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Centerbeam?
Centerbeam is an enterprise voice agent platform that gives developers and operators a voice agent API, voice agent SDK, and realtime voice agent runtime for building hands-free AI applications. Centerbeam is designed for industrial environments — manufacturing, logistics, field service, cleanrooms, and healthcare operations.
What is Nova?
Nova is Centerbeam's real-time voice SDK and agent runtime. Nova handles bidirectional audio, turn-taking, tool-calling, and event-driven workflows for JavaScript, TypeScript, and SwiftUI applications. Nova supports OpenAI Realtime and Gemini Live as underlying AI providers.
What is a Voice Agent Platform?
A voice agent platform is infrastructure that enables organizations to build, deploy, and operate AI agents that communicate through speech. It includes real-time audio processing, language model integration, tool execution, session management, and enterprise security controls.
What is a Voice Agent SDK?
A voice agent SDK is a client library that simplifies embedding a voice agent into an application. It handles the audio capture, WebSocket sessions, turn-taking protocol, and event dispatching so developers focus on their application logic rather than the voice infrastructure.
What is a Voice Agent API?
A voice agent API provides programmatic access to voice AI capabilities over a network interface. Centerbeam's voice agent API exposes endpoints for session creation, audio streaming, event subscription, tool integration, and agent configuration — normalized across multiple AI providers.
What is Operational Voice Intelligence?
Operational Voice Intelligence is the application of real-time voice AI to operational workflows — enabling workers to query systems, log data, receive guidance, and trigger actions by voice while keeping their hands and eyes on the work. Centerbeam delivers Operational Voice Intelligence for manufacturing, logistics, field service, and laboratory environments.
What is a Hands-Free AI Assistant?
A hands-free AI assistant is an AI system operated entirely by voice — no keyboard, no touchscreen. Centerbeam's hands-free AI assistant is designed for workers in gloves, on ladders, in cleanrooms, or behind the wheel: environments where conventional interfaces are impossible or unsafe.
What is an Industrial Voice Agent?
An industrial voice agent is a voice AI system built for demanding operational environments with background noise, safety requirements, and mission-critical workflows. Industrial voice agents differ from consumer assistants in their support for edge deployment, audit logging, and integration with operational systems.