ElevenLabs Attracts Major Investors and Surpasses $500M ARR

Friends, sharing an AI update: ElevenLabs announced new investors and refreshed metrics.

- Investors: institutional and corporate backers including BlackRock, NVIDIA, Salesforce and Deutsche Telekom, plus several private investors.
- Growth: ARR exceeded $500M (≈$350M at year-end); added about $100M in Q1; valuation rose from $6.6B to $11B.
- Deals & strategy: signed enterprise agreements; intensified focus on voice-model quality, latency and safety.

Why it matters: voice is becoming a primary channel; customer trust hinges on quality and safety.

How do you assess the impact of such investments on competition in voice AI?

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