An AI-powered app that turns any topic into a dynamic, two-host podcast. This entire project runs on the Cloudflare developer platform, showcasing serverless AI at the edge.

Live Demo: ai-roundtable.pages.dev

Built with: Cloudflare Workers Workers AI Cloudflare Pages TypeScript

The AI Roundtable takes a topic—from black holes to top news stories—and generates a natural, engaging conversation between two AI hosts:

• Alex: A calm, knowledgeable host who explains concepts clearly.
• Jamie: An upbeat, inquisitive co-host who asks relatable questions.

Back-and-forth dialogue that sounds like a real podcast!

• Custom Topics: Enter any topic or paste a long article for discussion.
• Podcast Styles: Choose between two formats:
  • Brief Talk: 3-5 minute quick overview with concise discussion
  • Deep Dive: ~10 minute in-depth exploration with detailed explanations
• AI Scripting: Uses Workers AI to create conversational scripts with distinct personalities.
• Dual-Voice Audio: Generates audio for each host using two separate voices from Deepgram Aura-1 TTS (Alex: "Arcas" and Jamie: "Luna").
• Serverless: The whole process runs on Cloudflare Workers with no external servers needed.
• Download & Transcript: Save the MP3 podcast and a full text transcript.
• News Integration: Generate a podcast instantly from today's top headlines.
• Dark UI: A clean, responsive user interface with real-time progress updates.

The system is a simple, serverless pipeline:

1. A user enters a topic on the Cloudflare Pages frontend.
2. The frontend sends the request to a Cloudflare Worker.
3. The Worker uses Workers AI to generate a full podcast script.
4. It then goes line by line, calling the TTS API to generate audio for each host in their specific voice.
5. Finally, it combines all the audio snippets into a single MP3 file and sends it back to the user.

• Backend: Cloudflare Workers, TypeScript
• Frontend: Cloudflare Pages, Vanilla JavaScript, CSS
• AI Models: @cf/openai/gpt-oss-120b (scripting), @cf/deepgram/aura-1 (TTS)
• Data Pipeline: The process is sequential: script generation, then audio generation, with automatic retries for any failures.

1. Prerequisites: You'll need Node.js (v18+) and a Cloudflare account.
2. Clone the Repo: git clone [repo-url]
3. Install: cd aipodcast-worker && npm install
4. Run Locally: wrangler dev --remote (for the backend) and a simple web server (like npx http-server -p 3000) for the frontend.
5. Deploy: The provided deploy.ps1 script can deploy both the Worker and Pages site with a single command.

• Custom Topic: Enter "How quantum computing works" for a deep dive.
• News: Click "Generate Podcast from Top Stories" to get a discussion on today's headlines.
• Long-Form Text: Paste a research paper, and the app will create a brief summary discussion.

This project was created by Eli Perez for a Cloudflare internship application.