ElevenLabs' Mati Staniszewski is an outlier founder like Jeff Bezos
Matt Murphy · Will Open-Source Threaten Anthropic's Business & Do Margins Matter in a World of AI | Matt Murphy · Jul 27, 2026 · at 52:29
Matt Murphy, Partner at Menlo Ventures, names ElevenLabs as a company he misses or admires from afar when asked by host Harry Stebbings.
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“The one company that I've really admired and, you know as the kind of like outlier entrepreneurs, we, in my history going back, like you look at the companies that became great, you know, when I was early days of client, there was like, you know Jeff Bezos and later on Danielak and the Collison brothers. And like, Somehow or another, these amazing founders end up manifesting the company. I don't necessarily think it was that they chose the right market or, I mean, somewhat they did, but it was really just the force of nature, the creativity, the vision, the execution, their ability to raise capital, hire the best talent, all that. So anyway, I think an example of that in Europe, just because it's close to home for you, would be someone like Matty at 11 Labs. Very big respect for him.”
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