ElevenLabs lists BlackRock, Jamie Foxx and Longoria as new investors - BERITAJA

Voice AI institution ElevenLabs revealed caller investors that are portion of its $500 cardinal Series D fundraise, which was first announced successful February. The additions see institutions specified arsenic BlackRock, Wellington, D.E. Shaw, and Schroders; enterprises for illustration NVIDIA, Salesforce, Santander, KPN, and Deutsche Telekom; and individual investors specified arsenic Jamie Foxx, Eva Longoria, and Squid Game creator Hwang Dong-hyuk.

The startup besides noted that it surpassed $500 cardinal successful ARR (Annual Recurring Revenue), aft ending last twelvemonth pinch about $350 cardinal successful ARR. The company’s co-founder and CEO, Mati Staniszewski, said past period that ElevenLabs added $100 cardinal successful nett caller ARR successful Q1 2026, ending the 4th astatine about $450 cardinal successful ARR.

The institution has besides accelerated its valuation rapidly, increasing from $6.6 cardinal past September to $11 cardinal this February.

“Voice is the highest-stakes transmission for immoderate customer interaction, and the barroom for quality, latency, and information is highly high. ElevenLabs is not conscionable a class leader – it is becoming a foundational enabler of Deutsche Telekom’s broader Industrial AI vision. From voice-as-a-service to multilingual automation and in-network AI agents, we judge the institution is uniquely positioned to reshape really businesses interact pinch customers crossed each channels,” Karine Peters, Managing Director astatine Deutsche Telekom’s task limb T. Capital said successful a statement.

In the past quarter, the sound AI institution has signed endeavor contracts pinch the likes of Deutsche Telekom, Revolut, and Klarna.

ElevenLabs said that, too the fundraising, it besides closed a $100 cardinal tender, a 2nd successful about six months aft the institution issued 1 past September. Staniszewski said successful a blog post that the institution will springiness an opportunity to unit investors to put successful ElevenLabs done Robinhood Ventures, but didn’t supply specifications about the program.

Staniszewski noted that consumers won’t spot systems that sound robotic aliases “interact strangely” and emphasized the value of building “human-level AI sound models.” Last month, the institution acquired the squad from Polish sound AI startup Papla to bolster its investigation team.