Overview
- Matthew McConaughey expanded his longtime relationship with ElevenLabs by investing an undisclosed sum and using its tech to release a Spanish‑language audio edition of his Lyrics of Livin’ newsletter, with the first edition reported for Friday.
- Michael Caine’s digitally replicated voice is now available through ElevenLabs’ new Iconic Voice Marketplace and its ElevenReader app, with projects requiring case‑by‑case approval from the rights holder.
- ElevenLabs published a roster of licensed voices mixing living talent and historical figures — including Liza Minnelli, Art Garfunkel, Judy Garland, John Wayne, Maya Angelou and Alan Turing — for uses such as narration, ads and audiobooks.
- The marketplace operates as a two‑way licensing platform rather than blanket access, and the company says some voice models are cloned from living performers while others are reconstructed from archival recordings.
- The launch follows a $100 million tender that ElevenLabs says valued the startup at about $6.6 billion, as the firm promotes consent‑based licensing in a sector grappling with past misuse cases and ongoing union concerns.