ElevenLabs
ElevenLabs, founded in 2022 in Brooklyn, develops voice synthesis software capable of generating speech across multiple languages, accents, and emotional tones.
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Snapshot 2026-10-27- Startup SignalsTop 25%↓5
- Vertical ModelsTop 25%
- Audio#9of 56
About
ElevenLabs, founded in 2022 in Brooklyn, develops voice synthesis software capable of generating speech across multiple languages, accents, and emotional tones. Customers include technology platforms such as Synthesia, HarperCollins, and Bertelsmann.
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Company· 12
Investor· 10
Founders / team· 3
Funding history
- 2026-02Series D+$500M
Investors · Andreessen Horowitz, Iconiq Capital, Sequoia CapitalSource · SVTR Weekly #143 ↗
- 2025-02Series C$180M
Investors · Iconiq Capital, Andreessen HorowitzSource · SVTR Weekly #090
- 2024-01New funding round$80M
Investors · Credo Ventures, BroadLight Capital, SV Angel, Smash Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, Sequoia CapitalSource · SVTR Weekly #037
- 2023-06-20Series A$19M
Investors · Credo Ventures, Concept Ventures, Embark Studios, SV Angel, Creator Ventures, Andreessen HorowitzSource · elevenlabs.io ↗
Comparable companies· by market
This company
BusinessLatest roundTotal raisedDate- ElevenLabs
AI speech synthesis
Series D+ · $798M · 2026-02
$798M
United States
BusinessLatest roundTotal raisedDate- Sesame
Develops the hyper-realistic voice assistants Maya and Miles, integrated into glasses
Series B · $450M · 2025-10
$450M - Cartesia
SSM-based real-time multilingual voice AI
Series B · $188M · 2025-10
$188M - Deepgram
Voice AI models and APIs (STT, TTS, etc.)
Series C · $130M · 2026-01 · Valuation $1.3B
$130MValuation $1.3B
China
BusinessLatest roundTotal raisedDate- AISpeech
Voice interaction for smart mobility, office and IoT via DFM dialogue LLM and DUI customization platform, plus in-house AI office notebooks
Strategic · $28M · 2024-01
$28M - Mosi
Omni-modal/speech foundation model development; MaaS open model APIs, with customer use cases in AI toys, consumer electronics, smart vehicles, embodied AI and AI companionship; consumer AIGC platform Mossland.
Pre-Series A · 2026-10
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Europe
BusinessLatest roundTotal raisedDate- Gradium
Ultra-low-latency audio language AI models and real-time voice interaction capabilities
Seed · $70M · 2025-12
$70M - Reson8
Automatic speech recognition models that incorporate contextual data and adapt to conversational settings
Pre-Seed · $11M · 2026-03
$11M - Neuphonic
Converts written text into natural-sounding speech
Undisclosed · $4M · 2024-10
$4M
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