Co-Founder & CEO of ElevenLabs
"Mati Staniszewski created the premier generative voice platform, powering dubbing, audiobooks, and AI conversational agents."
Mati Staniszewski
Co-Founder & CEO • ElevenLabs
Growing up in Poland watching poorly dubbed Hollywood movies inspired Mati Staniszewski and co-founder Piotr Dabkowski to build AI voice models that preserve exact human emotion, cadence, and tone across languages.
ElevenLabs shocked the market with its natural voice synthesis and voice cloning APIs. Within two years of launch, it became the default voice stack for audiobooks, gaming NPCs, movie dubbing, and AI call centers globally.
By 2026, ElevenLabs reached a $3.3 billion valuation backed by Andreessen Horowitz, Sequoia, and Smash Capital, establishing itself as the undisputed global champion of synthetic audio.
"Language should never be a barrier to consuming stories or accessing knowledge."
— Mati Staniszewski, ElevenLabs
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