Mati Staniszewski

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Co-founder and CEO of Eleven Labs Inc.

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ElevenLabs CEO/Co-Founder, Mati Staniszewski:The Untold Story of Europe’s Fastest Growing AI Startup

Sep 8, 2025

Mati Staniszewski is the Co-Founder and CEO of ElevenLabs, the world’s leading AI voice platform. Since launching in 2022, ElevenLabs has raised over $350M, most recently at a $3.3BN valuation, making it one of Europe’s fastest AI unicorns. The company counts Andreessen Horowitz, Nat Friedman, Daniel Gross, and Sequoia Capital among its backers. Today, Mati announces that the company has hit a staggering $200M ARR. ElevenLabs took 20 months to hit $100M ARR. 10 months to hit $200M ARR. Can they do $300M in 5 months…

Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
01:20 Early Life & Founding Origins
06:23 Building the Product & Early Challenges
17:00 Pre-seed Fundraising
30:20 $90M Raise & Working with A16z
41:14 Team, Culture & Scaling
1:02:20 Revenue Growth & Business Model
1:12:00 M&A Offers & Secondary Liquidity
1:14:43 Quick-Fire Round

 

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ElevenLabs’ Vision for Voice Interfaces | CEO Mati Staniszewski

Oct 27, 2025

Before AI became a buzzword, a few true believers were already building.

Since early 2022, Mati Staniszewski and his team at ElevenLabs have been among them, working to create voices that “actually represent emotions.”

He shares with Joubin Mirzadegan how voice AI is transforming diverse fields, from delivering personalized healthcare for different age groups to amplifying creativity in filmmaking.

Guest: Mati Staniszewski, co-founder and CEO of ElevenLabs

00:00 Intro
01:32 Building ElevenLabs
03:47 AI's Role in Voice Technology
11:33 The Uncanny Valley Debate
29:13 B2C vs B2B
33:50 Company Growth
55:10 Future of AI and AGI Predictions

 

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Mati Staniszewski at ElevenLabs Summit 2025 in San Francisco

Nov 19, 2025

At ElevenLabs, we’re reimagining human-technology interaction - making it seamless to create and communicate with technology.

Last week, at our first ElevenLabs Summit, Mati Staniszewski shared the inspiration for our mission, our progress so far, and where we’re headed next.