TEN Framework (Agora)
TEN Framework is an open-source framework for building real-time, multimodal conversational AI agents that can see, hear, and speak with ultra-low latency.
At a Glance
- Enterprise Software
- Education Tech
- Gaming
- Healthcare
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TEN Framework
Open Source Multimodal AI Agent SDK
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Latest News
TEN Framework v0.11.52 brings Go binding support to Windows
Agora Launches Conversational AI Engine for Seamless Voice AI Experiences
TEN Framework Celebrates One-Year Anniversary as Open-Source Infrastructure
TEN VAD integrated into sherpa-onnx for high-performance ASR
Products & Services
The core open-source runtime for real-time multimodal conversational AI.
An example multimodal AI agent implementation demonstrating voice and video capabilities.
A management and deployment portal for TEN-based AI agents.
Market Position
Positions as the most robust, production-ready framework for real-time multimodal AI, competing against LiveKit, SignalWire, and high-latency LLM orchestration frameworks like LangChain.
Leadership
Founders
Shawn Zhong
CTO of Agora; previously held leadership roles at Google and Microsoft; expert in real-time engagement and infrastructure.
Zhang Haili (Plutoless)
Co-founder and Developer Experience Lead at TEN Framework; former LangChain Ambassador and expert in Large Language Models (LLMs).
Executive Team
Tony Zhao
CEO of Agora, Inc.
Founder and CEO of Agora; former CTO of YY.com and founding engineer at WebEx.
Shawn Zhong
CTO of Agora, Inc. / Lead of TEN Framework
Oversees technical strategy for Agora and the development of the TEN Framework.
Board of Directors
Founding Story
TEN Framework was created to address the limitations of existing AI frameworks in handling real-time, multimodal interactions (voice and video). It was built as a 'production-ready' infrastructure to support low-latency AI agents, leveraging Agora's Software Defined Real-Time Network (SD-RTN).
Business Model
Revenue Model
Open-source framework is free under Apache 2.0. Monetization occurs through Agora's Real-Time Engagement (RTE) platform, where developers pay for API usage (audio/video minutes) and cloud infrastructure services.
Pricing Tiers
Full access to TEN Framework and TEN Agent source code on GitHub.
Usage fees for real-time audio and video streaming minutes.
Target Markets
- Enterprise Software
- Education Tech
- Gaming
- Healthcare
- Consumer AI Applications
- AI Tutors and Educational Assistants
- Real-time Customer Support Voice Bots
- Digital Companions and AI Avatars
- Interactive Gaming and Roleplay
- Multimodal Search and Assistant Agents
- Trulience
- Fish Audio
- Seeed Studio