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Mati Staniszewski

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Mati Staniszewski
CEO & Co-Founder of
ElevenLabs (2022)
About

Mati Staniszewski is Co-Founder and CEO at ElevenLabs, the world's leading AI voice platform valued at $11 billion. He co-founded the company with longtime friend Piotr Dabkowski, inspired by the poor quality of movie dubbing in Poland.

Before founding

Mati studied Mathematics at Imperial College London, achieving one of the top marks in his year, then worked at BlackRock on structured products and spent nearly four years as a Deployment Strategist at Palantir Technologies.

Founder Insights

At age 29, Mati has been named to TIME's 100 Most Influential People in AI 2025 and led ElevenLabs to serve over 60% of Fortune 500 companies. The company reached $330M in ARR by end of 2025 and works with clients including Deutsche Telekom, Deliveroo, and the Ukrainian government.

Experience

ElevenLabs has raised over $850M total, including a recent $500M Series D led by Sequoia Capital, with backing from Andreessen Horowitz, ICONIQ Growth, and strategic investors including Matthew McConaughey. The company operates offices in London, New York, Warsaw, San Francisco, Tokyo, and Bangalore.

Scale & Impact

ElevenLabs has paid out $5M to 5,000 voice creators, serves over 1,000 enterprise clients, and has helped over 5,000 people regain their voices through accessibility programs. The platform supports 70+ languages and is building the infrastructure for real-time translation to eliminate language barriers worldwide.

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Mati Staniszewski

ElevenLabs
Co-Founder & CEO
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Mati Staniszewski

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ElevenLabs

Industry

b2b-tools

Year Founded

2022

Stage/Funding

Series C • $350M

Company Location

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About

Mati Staniszewski is Co-Founder and CEO at ElevenLabs, the world's leading AI voice platform valued at $11 billion. He co-founded the company with longtime friend Piotr Dabkowski, inspired by the poor quality of movie dubbing in Poland.

Before founding

Mati studied Mathematics at Imperial College London, achieving one of the top marks in his year, then worked at BlackRock on structured products and spent nearly four years as a Deployment Strategist at Palantir Technologies.

Founder Insights

At age 29, Mati has been named to TIME's 100 Most Influential People in AI 2025 and led ElevenLabs to serve over 60% of Fortune 500 companies. The company reached $330M in ARR by end of 2025 and works with clients including Deutsche Telekom, Deliveroo, and the Ukrainian government.

Experience

ElevenLabs has raised over $850M total, including a recent $500M Series D led by Sequoia Capital, with backing from Andreessen Horowitz, ICONIQ Growth, and strategic investors including Matthew McConaughey. The company operates offices in London, New York, Warsaw, San Francisco, Tokyo, and Bangalore.

Scale & Impact

ElevenLabs has paid out $5M to 5,000 voice creators, serves over 1,000 enterprise clients, and has helped over 5,000 people regain their voices through accessibility programs. The platform supports 70+ languages and is building the infrastructure for real-time translation to eliminate language barriers worldwide.

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