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Apr 14, 2026
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The world of voice AI, with Mati Staniszewski of ElevenLabs
Mati Staniszewski
(Co-founder, ElevenLabs, guest)
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Executive Summary
ElevenLabs has achieved a remarkable $11 billion valuation since its founding in 2022, driven by rapid ARR growth, recently adding $100 million in a single quarter.
The company's core technological advantage stems from a novel approach to voice modeling, applying transformer and diffusion concepts to create highly realistic and emotionally expressive speech.
ElevenLabs is strategically focused on a 'cascaded' (speech-to-text-to-speech) model architecture, prioritizing reliability and transparency for its rapidly growing enterprise customer base.
The company predicts that by 2025-2026, voice AI will become context-aware, pass the 'voice Turing test,' and see widespread deployment in cars and on-device, fundamentally changing human-computer interaction.
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