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ElevenLabs Debuts Eleven Music, Offering AI-Generated Tracks Cleared for Commercial Use

ElevenLabs tapped partnerships with Merlin and Kobalt to ensure rights-cleared audio, with a public API set to follow its initial pilot.

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Co-founders Piotr Dabkowski and Mati Staniszewski.
ElevenLabs’ AI music model clears commercial use
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Overview

  • Eleven Music generates studio-grade tracks from natural-language prompts and lets users control genre, style, structure, vocals or instrumentation, and multiple languages.
  • ElevenLabs secured licensing deals with Merlin Network and Kobalt Music Group to clear generated music for film, television, gaming, advertising, podcasts and social media.
  • The company quietly piloted Eleven Music with 20 customers who used it to produce audio for films, TV shows, video games and apps.
  • A public API release and integration into ElevenLabs’ Conversational AI platform are scheduled to go live after the initial pilot phase.
  • This launch extends ElevenLabs’ evolution from text-to-speech and conversational bots into a full-spectrum AI audio platform built on ethically sourced data and rightsholder guardrails.