The Ledger

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Staniszewski: ElevenLabs aims for human-level conversational voice fidelity in 2026
“We hope this year we'll do that same thing for voice where any conversation feels like you're speaking with another human.”
Mati Staniszewski Jul 14, 2026 ▶ 30:16 The Trillion-Dollar Industries AI Is Disrupting: Voice, Law & the End of the Billable Hour
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ElevenLabs reaches $600 million ARR after rapid revenue scaling
“It took us roughly 20 months to get to the first hundred million in ARR, roughly 10 months to get to 200, five months to get to 300 and that's how we closed, and end of the last year, and now we are at 600.”
Mati Staniszewski Jul 14, 2026 ▶ 1:13 The Trillion-Dollar Industries AI Is Disrupting: Voice, Law & the End of the Billable Hour
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ElevenLabs retained 100% of its initial 10 core employees
“From the first 10 people, we had zero attrition. Everybody is, ah, ah, still at the company from those core research and engineering talent building together with us.”
Mati Staniszewski Jul 14, 2026 ▶ 3:11 The Trillion-Dollar Industries AI Is Disrupting: Voice, Law & the End of the Billable Hour
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Staniszewski: Consumers will soon ask directly for AI customer service agents
“Yeah, it's slowly becoming that you will be asking for a give me an AI agent effectively on the call.”
Mati Staniszewski Jul 14, 2026 ▶ 9:59 The Trillion-Dollar Industries AI Is Disrupting: Voice, Law & the End of the Billable Hour
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Staniszewski: ElevenLabs, Disney, and Epic Games brought interactive Darth Vader to Fortnite
“Fortnite launched Darth Vader, which people and players could interact with live, in partnership with the estate, in partnership with Disney, so every player, after reaching a certain stage, could have a Darth Vader interact and help you solve the missions.”
Mati Staniszewski Jul 14, 2026 ▶ 23:28 The Trillion-Dollar Industries AI Is Disrupting: Voice, Law & the End of the Billable Hour
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ElevenLabs grows team headcount to 600 employees
“We have 600 people today”
Mati Staniszewski Jul 14, 2026 ▶ 2:26 The Trillion-Dollar Industries AI Is Disrupting: Voice, Law & the End of the Billable Hour
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Staniszewski: ElevenLabs built an internal team of 1,000+ data labelers
“We build an internal team of over a thousand contractors that label all those audio assets to make them good.”
Mati Staniszewski Jul 14, 2026 ▶ 27:16 The Trillion-Dollar Industries AI Is Disrupting: Voice, Law & the End of the Billable Hour
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