Overview
- The marketplace debuts with 28 curated voices, most reconstructed from archives, with only four living performers on the roster.
- Michael Caine’s voice is available to license for approved projects and to narrate texts in ElevenReader.
- Matthew McConaughey has taken an equity stake and will use ElevenLabs to produce a Spanish-language audio version of his Lyrics of Livin’ newsletter in his own voice.
- Requests on the platform are routed to rights holders for negotiated, paid licenses before ElevenLabs synthesizes the approved performance.
- The rollout comes with momentum and scrutiny, including a $6.6 billion tender valuation and a reported settlement of a voice misappropriation lawsuit, as unions and creatives continue to question AI replication.