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EPISODE · Feb 23, 2026 · 8 MIN

Mati Staniszewski, Co-Founder at ElevenLabs: $11bn valuation and $330m ARR

from Scaling Europe · host Sebastian Johnson

ElevenLabs went from a $2m pre-seed to an $11bn valuation in three years, scaling to $330m in ARR as voice AI moved from curiosity to enterprise priority. Mati Staniszewski, Co-Founder and CEO at ElevenLabs, breaks down what changed inside the company once growth stopped being hypothetical and started compounding at scale.The Scaling Europe show is presented by Deel - check them out here:https://get.deel.com/ruynb7o4lfjkSponsors:SurrealDB: The multi-model database for AI agents. Check them out here: https://surrealdb.com/Omni: The AI analytics platform trusted by fast-growing companies like Perplexity, Synthesia, and dbt Labs. Check them out here: https://omni.co/Venture Comet: The platform that gives startups and scale-ups real-time equity tracking, daily business insights and automated management information. Check them out here: https://venturecomet.com/

ElevenLabs went from a $2m pre-seed to an $11bn valuation in three years, scaling to $330m in ARR as voice AI moved from curiosity to enterprise priority. Mati Staniszewski, Co-Founder and CEO at ElevenLabs, breaks down what changed inside the company once growth stopped being hypothetical and started compounding at scale.The Scaling Europe show is presented by Deel - check them out here:https://get.deel.com/ruynb7o4lfjkSponsors:SurrealDB: The multi-model database for AI agents. Check them out here: https://surrealdb.com/Omni: The AI analytics platform trusted by fast-growing companies like Perplexity, Synthesia, and dbt Labs. Check them out here: https://omni.co/Venture Comet: The platform that gives startups and scale-ups real-time equity tracking, daily business insights and automated management information. Check them out here: https://venturecomet.com/

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