The Record Labels Are Done Fighting AI. Now They Want a Cut
Just days after AI music company Suno released its first model trained on material from major record labels…
Revolut and ElevenLabs among first bets from Aspire11’s €100 million capital deployment
Prague-based VC Aspire11 has deployed the first €100 million of its €515 million fund of pension capital into…
Michael Caine’s Voice to Narrate AI ‘Odyssey’ Audiobook
The sprawling nature of Homer’s epic “Odyssey” poem makes it understandable why a Hollywood studio would shell out hundreds…
Alibaba AI voice model cracks top 5 globally, outperforming US rivals in regional accents
A new artificial intelligence voice model from Alibaba Group Holding has beaten out Western rivals OpenAI and xAI…
ElevenLabs’ new music-generation model can switch genres mid-track
Voice AI company ElevenLabs launched a new version of its music-generation model, called Music v2, that can switch…
Secondary sales shift from founder windfalls to employee-retention tools
In May, AI sales automation startup Clay said it was allowing most of its employees to sell some…
ElevenLabs CEO: Voice is the next interface for AI
ElevenLabs co-founder and CEO Mati Staniszewski says voice is becoming the next major interface for AI – the…
ElevenLabs raises $500M from Sequoia at an $11 billion valuation
Voice AI company ElevenLabs said today it raised $500 million in a new funding round led by Sequoia…
ElevenLabs CEO says the voice AI startup crossed $330 million ARR last year
ElevenLabs, the AI voice generation startup, crossed $330 million in annual recurring revenue (ARR), CEO Mati Staniszewski said…
How A Tiny Polish Startup Became The Multi-Billion-Dollar Voice Of AI
ElevenLabs’ computer voices are so convincing they could fool your mother. That’s both a blessing—its 30 Under 30…
ElevenLabs strike deals with celebs to create AI audio
ElevenLabs struck a deal with actors Michael Caine and Matthew McConaughey to AI-generate their voices, the company announced this week. Hollywood and…