ElevenLabs

Voice AI platform behind frontier TTS, voice cloning, dubbing, music, and AI agents. $811M raised at $11B Series D valuation.

Services Voice AI / Audio Models / Speech Synthesis
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New York, NY, USA HQ
500 employees
2022 founded

What is ElevenLabs?

ElevenLabs is a voice and audio AI platform founded in 2022 by Polish co-founders Mati Staniszewski (CEO, ex-Palantir, TIME 100 AI 2025) and Piotr Dabkowski (CTO, TIME AI Top 100 Innovator), originally in London/Warsaw and now headquartered in New York City. The platform delivers state-of-the-art text-to-speech in 30+ languages, voice cloning, real-time speech-to-speech, automated dubbing for video, music generation, and a Conversational AI agent stack used by enterprises across customer service, gaming, audiobooks, e-learning, news, and entertainment. ElevenLabs has raised **$811M total**, most recently a **$500M Series D at an $11B valuation** led by Sequoia Capital — up from the **$3.3B Series C** ($180M led by Andreessen Horowitz) earlier in the same cycle. Other investors include Iconiq Capital, NEA, Salesforce Ventures, and others. The team has scaled to ~500 specialists with offices in **London, New York, San Francisco, Warsaw, Tokyo, Sydney**, and additional cities. ElevenLabs powers voice for publishers (The Atlantic, Reuters, The Washington Post, TIME), platforms (Mattel, EA, Cisco), and consumer apps (Reddit, Discord, Tinder, BeReal).

Mission & values

Make all content universally accessible in any language and voice — give every creator, developer, and storyteller the tools to produce indistinguishable-from-human audio at any scale.

Qualifications

ElevenLabs hires across research (audio models, speech, multimodal LLMs, music), engineering (platform, infra, mobile, web, ML systems, voice infrastructure), product, design, growth, GTM (sales, partnerships, customer success, developer relations), localization (voice talent, dubbing operations), finance, legal, and people. The company is **hub-based remote-friendly** — most engineering and research roles are open to candidates within commuting range of London, New York, San Francisco, Warsaw, Tokyo, or Sydney offices, with hybrid weeks expected. Fully-remote roles do exist in select GTM and content tracks. Apply via elevenlabs.io/careers.

Leadership

M

Mati Staniszewski

Co-Founder & CEO

Co-founded ElevenLabs in 2022; previously at Palantir. TIME 100 Most Influential People in AI 2025. Born in Poland, based in the UK/US.

P

Piotr Dabkowski

Co-Founder & CTO

Co-founded ElevenLabs in 2022; TIME AI Top 100 Innovator. Leads research breakthroughs in voice and audio model architecture.

Hiring process

  1. 1

    Apply via elevenlabs.io/careers

    Browse open roles and submit your application + resume + brief note on why ElevenLabs.

  2. 2

    Recruiter screen

    Initial conversation to confirm fit, location, comp expectations, and visa/work authorization.

    About 3 days

  3. 3

    Hiring manager interview

    Role-specific deep-dive — past projects, technical depth, why-ElevenLabs.

    About 5 days

  4. 4

    Technical / research loop

    Multi-round interviews — coding, system design, ML/audio depth for research and infra roles, portfolio for design, case study for product/GTM.

    About 10 days

  5. 5

    Founder + offer

    Final round often with a founder or executive, then offer + comp + equity discussion.

    About 5 days

Funding

StageSeries C+
Total raised$811,000,000
Investors
Sequoia Capital Andreessen Horowitz Iconiq Capital NEA Salesforce Ventures

Awards & recognition

  • $11B valuation Series D ($500M round led by Sequoia) · 2026

    Sequoia Capital

  • CEO Mati Staniszewski — TIME 100 Most Influential People in AI 2025 · 2025

    TIME

  • CTO Piotr Dabkowski — TIME AI Top 100 Innovator · 2024

    TIME

  • Powers voice for The Atlantic, Reuters, Washington Post, TIME, EA, Mattel, Cisco · 2026

    ElevenLabs

Company information

Frequently asked questions

Who founded ElevenLabs?
Mati Staniszewski (CEO) and Piotr Dabkowski (CTO). Both Polish; founded in 2022. Mati was named to TIME 100 Most Influential People in AI 2025.
What does ElevenLabs do?
Voice and audio AI platform — text-to-speech in 30+ languages, voice cloning, real-time speech-to-speech, automated dubbing, music generation, and Conversational AI agents.
Who are ElevenLabs customers?
Publishers (The Atlantic, Reuters, The Washington Post, TIME), platforms (Mattel, EA, Cisco), consumer apps (Reddit, Discord, Tinder, BeReal), plus thousands of developers via the API tier.
What is the latest valuation?
$11B at the $500M Series D led by Sequoia Capital, up from $3.3B at the prior Series C ($180M led by Andreessen Horowitz). $811M total raised.
Where are roles based?
New York (HQ) plus offices in London, San Francisco, Warsaw, Tokyo, Sydney, and additional cities. Mostly hub-based hybrid; select fully-remote roles in GTM and content tracks.
How big is the team?
~500 employees across all global offices as of mid-2026.
How can I apply?
Browse open roles and apply at elevenlabs.io/careers.

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