ElevenLabs

ElevenLabs is a company specializing in AI-powered voice synthesis and text-to-speech technology. They are known for producing highly realistic and expressive synthetic voices, and their platform is used for content creation, audiobooks, and dubbing.

• Founded in 2022 by Piotr Krzysztof Kozak and others.
• Offers a text-to-speech API with multiple languages and voice styles.
• Known for their 'VoiceLab' tool that can clone voices from short audio samples.
• Provides a 'Speech-to-Speech' feature for real-time voice conversion.
• Has faced ethical discussions around voice cloning and misuse, leading to safety measures like voice authentication.

ElevenLabs is an AI audio company best known for high-quality text-to-speech and voice cloning technology. Founded in 2022, it offers a web platform and API used by developers, content creators, publishers, and game studios to generate realistic synthetic speech in many languages.

• Founded in 2022 by Piotr Dąbkowski (ex-Google ML engineer) and Mati Staniszewski (ex-Palantir).
• Core products include text-to-speech, voice cloning, dubbing/translation, and a Projects long-form audio tool.
• Supports speech generation in dozens of languages with voice and emotion control.
• Raised significant venture funding, reaching unicorn valuation in a 2024 Series C round led by investors including Andreessen Horowitz.
• Faced public discussion around misuse of voice cloning (e.g., deepfake concerns) and introduced safeguards like voice verification and AI speech classifiers.