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Vertical AI
ElevenLabs
Make content universally accessible in any language and voice.
Valuation$6.6B+
Funding$1.2B+ raised
FlagshipEleven v3 / Conversational AI
Founded2022 · London
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Bright Sentience Score
Rank #19 of 23
What they're building
Voice AI has moved far beyond text-to-speech. ElevenLabs is becoming infrastructure for synthetic voice, voice agents, dubbing and media, used by publishers, game studios, call centers and consumer apps. It raised another $500M in 2026.
Latest developments
- Raised $500M in 2026 to expand voice agents and international growth.
- Eleven v3 brought emotionally expressive, multi-speaker speech in 70+ languages.
- Conversational AI platform powers voice agents for enterprises.
Why it matters
Voice is how most people will talk to AI. ElevenLabs owns the best voices and is turning them into a platform.
Key facts
Leader
Mati Staniszewski
FoundersMati Staniszewski, Piotr Dąbkowski
PeopleMati Staniszewski (CEO), Piotr Dąbkowski (CTO)
HQLondon, UK and New York, USA
Latest modelEleven v3 (expressive TTS); Scribe (speech-to-text); voice agents platform
Valuation noteRaised another $500M in 2026
InvestorsAndreessen Horowitz, ICONIQ, Sequoia, Salesforce Ventures, Nat Friedman, Daniel Gross
WebsiteNearby on the leaderboard