Launch HN: Speko (YC S26) – OpenRouter for Voice AI

Speko, a Y Combinator-backed startup, launches as an "OpenRouter for Voice AI," providing a unified API that benchmarks and routes to the best speech-to-text, text-to-speech, and voice AI models across multiple languages based on performance metrics rather than vendor claims. The platform integrates with popular frameworks like LiveKit and Pipcat through an OpenAI-compatible API, allowing developers to optimize model selection by cost and accuracy without changing their existing code. Speko benchmarks over 20 speech models across languages like English, Arabic, French, and Hindi, enabling data-driven decisions for voice AI applications.