ElevenLabs CEO: Why Voice is the Next AI Interface
Episode
31 min
Read time
2 min
Topics
Leadership, Artificial Intelligence
AI-Generated Summary
Key Takeaways
- ✓How does ElevenLabs maintain shipping speed across 20 product teams?
- ✓What strategies work for transitioning from creator tools to enterprise platforms?
- ✓How can AI companies collaborate with traditional creative industries effectively?
What It Covers
ElevenLabs CEO Mady Stanashevsky discusses building AI voice technology at scale, from text-to-speech models to enterprise voice agents, marketplace monetization, and global team management strategies.
Key Questions Answered
- •How does ElevenLabs maintain shipping speed across 20 product teams?
- •What strategies work for transitioning from creator tools to enterprise platforms?
- •How can AI companies collaborate with traditional creative industries effectively?
Notable Moment
Stanashevsky reveals ElevenLabs hired a brilliant researcher who was simultaneously developing open source text-to-speech models while working in a call center receiving customer calls.
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