I went to ElevenLabs' NYC pop-up. A robot poured me cold brew before I haggled with an AI shopkeeper.

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I just learned that I'm not a great haggler. I tried my best to barter with the AI shopkeeper at ElevenLabs' New York pop-up, which boasted that "every part of the experience is run by a voice agent." In my headphones, an excited artificial voice told me that it couldn't sell me the $27 hat for $15. I countered — why would I pay $27? We got down to $24 before I called it quits. The SoHo space was part of ElevenLabs' move to bring its voice AI to new customers. The company specializes in speech