distil_labs post-trains a small model in under 6 hours to build a Phonon-voiced agent
alexcovo_eth · x · 2026-10-23
At Gradium's booth during GTC Berlin, the distillabs team demoed a voice agent built from a small model post-trained on their own docs in under 6 hours, answering in Gradium's new Phonon voice.
Their takeaway: if your voice agent serves a single product or knowledge base, fine-tuned small models can perform well while cutting latency and cost. They also share a replicable path — just ask your coding agent to "get started" from their docs link.
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