ElevenLabs: Voice AI's Next Frontier and Agile Team Power
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People Mentioned
- Maddie (Co-founder and CEO of Eleven Labs) - Discussed the founding, growth, and strategies of Eleven Labs.
- Piotr (Co-founder of Eleven Labs) - Mentioned as the research brain behind creating many of Eleven Labs' models.
- Jared - Collaborated with Eleven Labs on some of his creative work, providing insights into AI's role in production processes.
- Martin Cassado (Partner at a16z) - Quoted for his observation that companies go through product, sales, and scaling phases.
- Munjal (from Hippocratic) - Was one of the earliest users of Eleven Labs in the healthcare space, creating agents for appointment scheduling and patient reminders.
Organizations & Institutions
- Eleven Labs - The company discussed throughout the episode, focusing on its AI voice technology and business strategies.
- a16z - The podcast host and venture capital firm, mentioned in the context of their partnership with Eleven Labs.
- Twilio - A telephony provider mentioned in the context of integrating AI solutions for enterprise deployment.
- Deutsche Telekom - Collaborated with Eleven Labs on creating new podcast experiences, testing early models for text-to-podcast generation.
- Marilyn and Cobalt - Mentioned as two of the four major music labels Eleven Labs worked with to integrate their music into music models.
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Websites & Online Resources
- LinkedIn - Mentioned as a traditional platform for hiring that Eleven Labs moved away from in favor of alternative methods.
Other Resources
- Open source text to speech model - A model created by an individual who was later hired by Eleven Labs.