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ElevenLabs’ Mati Staniszewski: Why Voice Will Be the Fundamental Interface for Tech

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ElevenLabs’ Mati Staniszewski: Why Voice Will Be the Fundamental Interface for Tech

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2025/07/01
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2025/07/01
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Mati Staniszewski, co-founder and CEO of ElevenLabs, explains how staying laser-focused on audio innovation has allowed his company to thrive despite the push into multimodality from foundation models. From a high school friendship in Poland to building on...

Highlights

In this episode, Mati Staniszewski, co-founder and CEO of ElevenLabs, discusses how his company has carved a unique niche in the AI space by focusing exclusively on audio innovation. Despite the broader industry trend toward multimodal AI systems, ElevenLabs continues to push the boundaries of text-to-speech technology, delivering emotionally expressive and context-aware voices that are transforming how people interact with digital content.
03:23
ElevenLabs focused on audio AI when most others focused on LLMs and images.
12:28
Audio models must interpret non-verbal elements and emotions, making contextual understanding more complex than with text.
22:35
Collaboration with Epic Games to recreate Darth Vader's voice in Fortnite has been extremely popular
27:51
Voice narration from iconic players is being developed for chess.com.
42:26
Voice agents will revolutionize language learning and cultural exchange similar to the Babel Fish concept.
56:49
Cross-lingual AI could revolutionize global communication.

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From High School Friends to AI Innovators: The Birth of ElevenLabs
00:00
The Complexity of Voice AI: Emotion, Context, and Data Challenges
09:27
How Viral Moments Sparked ElevenLabs' Rapid Growth
18:51
Beyond Text-to-Speech: Real-World Applications of Voice Agents
27:51
What's Next in Voice Technology? Translation, Learning, and Agent Interaction
36:22
AI Across Continents: Comparing US and European Innovation Landscapes
48:27

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Mati Staniszewski: Late 2021, the inspiration came from Peter was about to watch a movie with his girlfriend. She didn't speak English, so they turned it up in Polish. And that kind of brought us back to something we grew up with, where every movie you wat...