ElevenLabs is an AI audio company founded in 2022 by Mati Staniszewski and Piotr Dabkowski. It specializes in high-quality, natural-sounding voice AI, and has become one of the most recognized providers of text-to-speech, voice cloning and broader generative audio technology for creators, businesses and developers.
The platform offers realistic text-to-speech in many languages, voice cloning, a voice library and design tools, automated dubbing that preserves voice characteristics across languages, and AI voice agents for conversational applications. ElevenLabs provides both an accessible product for individual creators and a robust API and enterprise offering for developers building voice into their own applications.
ElevenLabs is widely used for audiobooks, video voiceovers, localization and dubbing, accessibility, gaming and conversational agents. Its emphasis on audio realism and expressiveness has made it a default choice for many AI voice use cases, while it has also expanded into agentic and developer tooling to embed voice across products.
The company is well capitalized, having raised a large Series C round and reaching a multibillion-dollar valuation, reflecting strong investor conviction in voice as a core modality for AI interaction. It has also invested in safety and provenance measures given the risks associated with voice cloning.
ElevenLabs competes with cloud-provider speech services and other AI voice startups, but is broadly regarded as a leader on output quality. Its differentiation lies in voice realism, breadth of audio features, developer experience and brand recognition.
For creators and developers, ElevenLabs is one of the strongest AI voice platforms available, though users should weigh ethical, consent and licensing considerations around voice cloning and synthetic audio.