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ElevenLabs Engineer: A single AI model will eventually generate all audio

ElevenLabs Engineer · From $0 to $11B: The ElevenLabs Story · Feb 6, 2026 · at 8:39

An engineer at ElevenLabs discusses the future architectural direction of generative sound models.

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“Currently we have specialized models for audio, for sound effects, and for music, and I think the future of sound is kind of like having one model which can generate any kind of audio.”

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