ElevenLabs CEO Says Voice Is AI’s Next Interface
ElevenLabs CEO Mati Staniszewski says voice is emerging as the primary way people will interact with AI, as models combine speech with reasoning and agentic capabilities.
ElevenLabs CEO Mati Staniszewski says voice is emerging as the primary way people will interact with AI, as models combine speech with reasoning and agentic capabilities.
Voice AI startup ElevenLabs raised $500 million in a new funding round led by Sequoia Capital, tripling its valuation to $11 billion and signaling expansion beyond voice.
ElevenLabs surpassed $330 million in annual recurring revenue, highlighting rapid enterprise adoption of its voice agents and generative audio products. The company continues to expand product offerings and strategic partnerships.
Lemon Slice has introduced a diffusion-based model that enables AI agents to interact through real-time video avatars. The startup aims to expand chatbots beyond text into interactive visual experiences.
Gradium raises $70M seed funding to create ultra‑low latency, multilingual AI voice models, aiming to challenge established players like OpenAI and ElevenLabs by making high‑quality voice AI accessible to developers globally.
Quora’s Poe app now supports group chats with up to 200 users, letting groups collaborate with more than 200 AI models — from text and image generators to video and audio tools — in a single conversation.
Oscar-winning actors Matthew McConaughey and Michael Caine have signed with AI audio firm ElevenLabs, joining the company’s new “Iconic Voices Marketplace” that offers officially licensed celebrity voices for AI-generated media.
British-Polish startup ElevenLabs found one of its top AI researchers working in a call center – a result of its decision to abandon traditional hiring platforms like LinkedIn.