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ElevenLabs’ Mati Staniszewski: Why Voice Will Be the Fundamental Interface for Tech

> We've seen so many times it's not only the model that matters, it also matters how you deliver that experience to the user.

Show: Training Data · Publisher: Sequoia Capital · Host: Sonya Huang, Pat Grady

Episode URL: https://pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/CPUAI9463195605.mp3?updated=1751386277

Publish date: 2025-07-01
Duration: NAs
Default source credibility: HIGH — Sequoia partners interview frontier-lab founders + F500 AI buyers. VC-hosted — portfolio-company framing on recommendations; named guest metrics stay HIGH. Peer-tier to No Priors in quality.

  • Eleven Labs has maintained a competitive edge by focusing on audio AI, where they’ve innovated and outperformed larger foundation models.
  • The company’s success hinges on a combination of cutting-edge research, product development, and leveraging audio data in unique ways.
  • Enterprise customers value Eleven Labs’ audio quality, latency, and reliability, making it a preferred choice for various applications like healthcare, customer support, and education.

Extracted quotes

# Credibility Speaker Org Timestamp Topic Quote
1 HIGH Mati Staniszewski (Co-Founder and CEO) Eleven Labs 04:32 02-corporate-tools We’ve seen so many times it’s not only the model that matters, it also matters how you deliver that experience to the user.
2 HIGH Mati Staniszewski (Co-Founder and CEO) Eleven Labs 37:45 02-corporate-tools Our customers care about three things. Quality. both like how expressive it is in both English and other languages. Second one is latency. And then the third one, which is especially useful at that scale is reliability.
3 HIGH Mati Staniszewski (Co-Founder and CEO) Eleven Labs 39:27 01-ai-native-landscape I think it’s possible. If not this year, then hopefully early in 2026. But I think we can do it. I think we can do it.

Per-quote detail

1. Mati Staniszewski — Eleven Labs (04:32)

We’ve seen so many times it’s not only the model that matters, it also matters how you deliver that experience to the user.

  • Stat: null
  • Credibility: HIGH — Specific claim about user experience delivery, named exec, unscripted interview.
  • Topic tag: 02-corporate-tools

2. Mati Staniszewski — Eleven Labs (37:45)

Our customers care about three things. Quality. both like how expressive it is in both English and other languages. Second one is latency. And then the third one, which is especially useful at that scale is reliability.

  • Stat: null
  • Credibility: HIGH — Specific customer priorities, named exec, unscripted interview.
  • Topic tag: 02-corporate-tools

3. Mati Staniszewski — Eleven Labs (39:27)

I think it’s possible. If not this year, then hopefully early in 2026. But I think we can do it. I think we can do it.

  • Stat: null
  • Credibility: HIGH — Specific timeline for passing the Turing test, named exec, unscripted interview.
  • Topic tag: 01-ai-native-landscape

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