Overview
- Michael Caine joins the new marketplace, making his voice available for licensed projects and narration through ElevenLabs’ tools.
- Matthew McConaughey has taken an undisclosed stake in the company and is using its technology to publish a Spanish-language audio edition of his ‘Lyrics of Livin’’ newsletter in his own voice.
- ElevenLabs lists a roster of living and historic figures on the platform, including Liza Minnelli, Judy Garland, John Wayne, Maya Angelou, Alan Turing and Babe Ruth.
- Requests are submitted through the marketplace, with ElevenLabs matching clients to rights holders before deals are finalized off-platform and delivered via the company’s voice-cloning tech.
- The launch follows a recent settlement of a voice misappropriation lawsuit and comes weeks after a $100 million tender offer that implied a $6.6 billion valuation led by Sequoia and Iconiq with participation from a16z.