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Mati Staniszewski
Co-founder and CEO at ElevenLabs
Mati Staniszewski, co-founder and CEO of ElevenLabs, discussed how the company built a frontier audio AI business with over 400 people and $400M+ in revenue, focusing on voice as the primary interface for agents and robots.
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ElevenLabs Raises $500M From Sequoia At An $11 Billion Valuation
TechCrunchannouncementpositiveFeb 6, 2026
ElevenLabs raised $500M from Sequoia Capital at an $11 billion valuation, more than tripling its January 2025 valuation, with plans to expand beyond voice into video and AI agents.
“Co-founder discussing plans to expand beyond voice into video and agents”
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Introducing Eleven v4, our most emotive model
ElevenLabspositiveSep 29, 2026
“Mati Staniszewski is a byline author at ElevenLabs discussing the launch of Eleven v4, the most emotive text-to-speech model.”
AIUC-1 certification standard
SubstackpositiveSep 16, 2026
“Staniszewski explained that AIUC-1 certification helps ElevenLabs accelerate enterprise adoption of ElevenAgents with confidence.”
Universal Music Group is partnering with AI audio startup ElevenLabs on a licensing deal
ElevenLabspositiveSep 11, 2026
“Announced partnership with Universal Music Group to develop AI-powered music creation platform with licensing and remixing capabilities.”
ElevenLabs Teams Up With Universal Music Group on a Licensed AI Music Platform
universalmusic.compositiveSep 11, 2026
“Cofounder and CEO of ElevenLabs announced strategic collaboration with Universal Music Group to create licensed AI music platform.”
Universal Music is launching an AI music platform with ElevenLabs
The VergepositiveSep 11, 2026
“Announced ElevenLabs' multiyear licensing agreement with Universal Music Group to develop AI music platform.”
Universal and ElevenLabs plan licensed fan remixes
AI WeeklypositiveSep 11, 2026
“Cofounder and CEO of ElevenLabs discussing the company's AI audio models and the new partnership with Universal Music Group to create a licensed music creation platform.”
ElevenLabs $22B tender
BloombergpositiveJul 5, 2026
“CEO of ElevenLabs who stated the company aims for an IPO within two to three years and noted the company's rapid ARR growth to $330 million.”
The artistry of text-to-speech models
SubstackpositiveMay 7, 2026
“Mati Staniszewski, co-founder and CEO of ElevenLabs, discussed how the company built a frontier audio AI business with over 400 people and $400M+ in revenue, focusing on voice as the primary interface for agents and robots.”
ElevenLabs CEO: Voice is the next interface for AI
TechCrunchnewspositiveFeb 6, 2026
ElevenLabs CEO argues voice is becoming the next major human-computer interface as AI models integrate voice with reasoning capabilities, positioning voice as a key battleground as AI expands into wearables and hardware.
“Stated that voice is becoming the next major interface for AI and that voice models have moved beyond mimicking human speech to working with reasoning capabilities of large language models.”
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