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    ElevenLabs CEO: Why Voice is the Next AI Interface

    Mati Staniszewski, Jennifer Li, Maddie, Nicole Sullivan, Zakir Hussain

    Eleven Labs has scaled to 350 employees across global hubs while deploying a flat, title-free organizational structure supported by 20 autonomous product teams. The company secured its enterprise trajectory by negotiating major music licensing agreements, shifting sales to a commission-based model, and achieving 99.99% infrastructure uptime for high-stakes clients like Hippocratic. This strategy enabled the platform to generate $10 million in community earnings and transition from a voice-focused tool to a comprehensive audio infrastructure offering text-to-speech, music generation, and conversational agents.