LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov 11, 2026--
Guava, the developer platform for building voice agents, today announced four additions that make it easier to put an agent on a call: a WebRTC SDK, SIP calling, optimized Guava phone numbers and warm transfers.
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The WebRTC SDK connects a Guava agent to a browser or app session. It includes a built-in message passing system, so a developer's frontend and the agent can exchange messages directly, without extra backend work.
SIP calling lets teams connect Guava agents to the phone systems they already run. It works with Twilio and with legacy platforms such as Cisco, and Guava has published full integration guides for both.
Native Guava phone numbers now have optimizations through Guava's partnership with CarrierX. Every number a customer buys on Guava is a CarrierX number with the optimization on by default.
Warm transfers are built in. When a caller needs a person, the agent briefs that person on why the caller is calling before connecting the two, and the caller stays on the line while the person gets up to speed. Warm transfers are available in both the Python and TypeScript SDKs, with examples in the warm transfers guide.
“Getting an agent onto a call is where a lot of voice projects slow down,” said Omri Dahan, co-founder and CEO of Guava. “With this release, developers can use the browsers and phone systems they already have, and hand a call to a person when the agent should step back.”
“We built these pieces to work the way developers expect,” said Nico Benitez, co-founder and Co-Head of Engineering at Guava. “The SDK handles message passing so teams write less backend code, and the SIP guides cover the platforms people actually run.”
The WebRTC SDK, SIP integration guides and warm transfers are documented in the Guava docs.
About Guava
Guava is a developer platform for building voice agents. It helps developers build AI voice agents for customer conversations and tasks such as scheduling appointments and live support. Guava manages the voice interaction, while businesses control what agents know and do through their own software and business rules. Guava is based in Los Angeles and was co-founded by Omri Dahan, Anthony Scodary, Nico Benitez and Mike Piechna. Learn more at goguava.ai.
Guava adds a WebRTC SDK, SIP calling, optimized phone numbers and warm transfers to get voice agents onto calls.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The driver of a minivan that crashed outside a Los Angeles metro station, killing three women and critically injuring two more, was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence and three counts of murder, police said Wednesday.
Authorities say the driver was able to talk but appeared in shock after Tuesday's crash during rush hour, hitting pedestrians and food vendors at a busy intersection in the North Hollywood neighborhood.
Police identified the driver as Ihor Demianenko, 61, a resident of the Valley Village neighborhood of Los Angeles, Officer Norma Eisenman said. Jail records show Demianenko was booked early Wednesday, with bail set at a little over $6 million. He was treated for minor injuries at a hospital, police said.
It was not immediately clear if Demianenko had a lawyer who could respond to the allegations.
In California, drivers under the influence of drugs or alcohol can be charged with murder under certain circumstances.
The white Toyota Sienna was traveling at an “unsafe speed” when it veered to the right, ran off the road and collided with a light, Los Angeles police said in a news release Wednesday. It came to rest under a food vendor’s tent.
The force of the collision threw the victims in different directions, according to the news release. The driver was trapped in the vehicle until rescuers arrived.
Luis Luna-Guzman was working at a burger stand nearby when he heard a loud boom and saw people on the ground along with food and cups. People started running toward the crash.
He found an injured woman lying near some bike racks, her face, arms and legs bloody, he said, recalling her eyes were closed as she moaned in pain.
“I told her, ‘Don’t move, help is coming,’” Luna-Guzman said, adding that he saw a woman’s body nearby, while another woman was lying unmoving on the stairs leading to the station.
The three women who died were between the ages of 40 and 60, according to the police news release. They have not been identified. The two injured women are in their 50s.
The minivan was still on the sidewalk under a food vendor’s tent surrounded by debris Tuesday night with its driver’s side door open and an air bag deployed. Fire engines and emergency crews worked nearby as a helicopter flew overhead.
Investigators will go through video of the crash frame by frame, LAPD Chief Jim McDonnell said.
“It will be probably a prolonged but a very deliberate investigation to determine what happened here,” he said.
Thanawala reported from Atlanta.
Members of law enforcement walks next to a damaged car at the scene of a vehicle crash, involving multiple fatalities, Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2026, in the North Hollywood section of Los Angeles. (AP Photo/David Swanson)
This photo made with a smartphone, shows the scene of a vehicle crash, involving multiple fatalities, on Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2026, in the North Hollywood section of Los Angeles. (AP Photo/David Swanson)
Debris lies at the scene of a vehicle crash, involving multiple fatalities, Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2026, in the North Hollywood section of Los Angeles. (AP Photo/David Swanson)
A damaged vehicle lies at the scene of a vehicle crash, involving multiple fatalities, Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2026, in the North Hollywood section of Los Angeles. (AP Photo/David Swanson)
