Introducing KrosAI: AI-Native Phone Infrastructure Built for Emerging Markets
Today, we're thrilled to announce the launch of KrosAI, the first phone infrastructure built from the ground up for AI voice agents in emerging markets. If you've ever tried deploying voice AI in Africa, Latin America, the Middle East, or Southeast Asia, you know the pain: dropped calls, unbearable latency, and infrastructure that just wasn't designed for the way these markets work.
We built KrosAI to change that.
The Problem We're Solving
Building voice AI for emerging markets is hard. Existing phone infrastructure providers like Twilio were designed for developed markets with reliable networks and standardized accents. When you try to use them in Lagos, São Paulo, or Jakarta, you run into serious problems:
- High latency, 200-500ms round-trip times make conversations feel unnatural and frustrating.
- Accent misrecognition: Models trained on American English struggle with Nigerian, Brazilian Portuguese, or Indonesian accents.
- Network instability: Infrastructure that can't handle the variable quality of mobile networks in these regions.
- Limited coverage: Good luck getting local numbers in smaller African or LATAM countries.
- Expensive pricing: Costs that don't make sense for markets with lower purchasing power.
We've heard from dozens of founders building incredible AI products who hit a wall when trying to deploy voice. They had the AI models. They had the customers. They just couldn't get calls to work reliably.
What We've Built
KrosAI is AI-native phone infrastructure purpose-built for emerging markets. Here's what that means:
🌍 Local Numbers in 50+ Countries: Provision local phone numbers across Africa, LATAM, MENA, and Southeast Asia. Your customers call a local number — no international prefixes, no confusion, no trust issues.
⚡ Sub-20ms Latency: Our infrastructure is optimized for AI streaming. We've achieved sub-20ms latency for voice packets, making conversations feel natural even when there's an AI on the other end. This isn't marketing fluff — we measured it, and it matters.
🎯 Tuned for Local Accents: Our audio processing pipeline is specifically optimized for the accents, languages, and dialects spoken in our target markets. Whether it's Yoruba-accented English, Brazilian Portuguese, or Bahasa Indonesia, your AI agent will understand.
📶 Built for Noisy Networks: Variable mobile network quality? Intermittent connectivity? We've built redundancy and graceful degradation into every layer. Calls stay connected even when networks are struggling.
How It Works
Getting started with KrosAI is simple:
- Choose your country and number: Browse available numbers across 50+ countries and provision instantly.
- Connect your AI agent: Integrate with your existing voice AI via our WebSocket API or use our pre-built integrations.
- Go live: Start receiving calls within minutes
That's it. No complex setup. No waiting days for number provisioning. No infrastructure to manage.
Transparent Pricing
We believe in pricing that makes sense for emerging markets:
- $3/month per number: Flat rate, no hidden fees
- $0.05/minute: Pay only for what you use
That's 30-40% lower than what you'd pay with traditional providers, and with infrastructure that actually works for your use case.
What's Next
This launch is just the beginning. Over the coming months, we'll be rolling out:
- Additional country coverage across all emerging market regions
- More pre-built integrations with popular AI voice platforms
- Advanced analytics and call quality monitoring
- Multi-language support within single conversations
We're building the infrastructure layer that will power the next generation of voice AI in emerging markets. And we're just getting started.
Get Started Today: Ready to deploy voice AI that actually works in emerging markets? Create your free account and provision your first number in minutes. No credit card required.
Have questions? Want to discuss your use case?
Book a demo with our team, we'd love to hear what you're building.
