ElevenLabs AI Updates: May 17, 2026

1. ElevenLabs positions itself as Hollywood’s voice infrastructure layer, citing $330M revenue and growing talent slate

ElevenLabs. CEO Mati Staniszewski told Deadline that ElevenLabs is actively courting the studio system, with clear interest from majors and a growing roster of name talent licensing their voices through the platform. The piece details existing deals with Michael Caine, Liza Minnelli, Gordon Ramsay for MasterClass, and the James Earl Jones estate, plus investor and translation partner Matthew McConaughey, who is using ElevenLabs to localize his “Lyrics of Livin’” newsletter into Spanish. The company is reported at an $11B valuation following its February raise, with roughly $330M of revenue concentrated in corporate customer service and YouTube creator localization, and Staniszewski framed studio adoption as a question of talent onboarding rather than technical readiness. Source