“Can ElevenLabs become the default AI communications infrastructure layer — owning voice, audio, and agent interactions — across every language and vertical?”
Founded in 2022 as a research-first AI voice synthesis company, ElevenLabs launched with a single TTS API that rapidly gained developer adoption. The company expanded from English-only voice cloning into a 70+ language multilingual platform serving enterprise customers like Deutsche Telekom, Meta, and Nvidia. By 2025–2026 it had pivoted from a pure API/developer tool into a three-platform AI communications company — ElevenAPI (foundational models), ElevenCreative (consumer/creator content), and ElevenAgents (enterprise voice/chat automation) — while embedding a Stripe + Ramp + Deel finance stack to support its distributed 550-person, 50-country workforce.
ElevenLabs processes payments through Stripe.
ElevenLabs uses Persona for KYC and identity verification.
ElevenLabs's lending and capital products are provided by klarna.
ElevenLabs's payroll is powered by Deel.
ElevenLabs integrates with QuickBooks.
The Embedded Finance Index 2026 maps 8 layers in ElevenLabs's stack: Payments / PSP (Stripe); Lending (klarna); Payroll (Deel); Unified APIs (NetSuite); KYC (Persona); Accounting (QuickBooks); Spend / AP (Ramp); Treasury (Ramp and Ramp Checking Account).
ElevenLabs was founded by Piotr Dąbkowski and Mateusz Staniszewski and is founded in 2022, headquartered in London, UK (primary); New York City, NY, USA (secondary).
ElevenLabs has raised $781M in total (latest round: Series D, 2025; valuation: $11B post-money).
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