ElevenLabs lists BlackRock, Jamie Foxx and Longoria as new investors

Voice AI institution ElevenLabs revealed caller investors that are portion of its $500 cardinal Series D fundraise, which was archetypal announced successful February. The additions see institutions specified arsenic BlackRock, Wellington, D.E. Shaw, and Schroders; enterprises similar NVIDIA, Salesforce, Santander, KPN, and Deutsche Telekom; and idiosyncratic investors specified arsenic Jamie Foxx, Eva Longoria, and Squid Game creator Hwang Dong-hyuk.

The startup besides noted that it surpassed $500 cardinal successful ARR (Annual Recurring Revenue), aft ending last twelvemonth with astir $350 cardinal successful ARR. The company’s co-founder and CEO, Mati Staniszewski, said past period that ElevenLabs added $100 cardinal successful nett caller ARR successful Q1 2026, ending the 4th astatine astir $450 cardinal successful ARR.

The institution has besides accelerated its valuation rapidly, increasing from $6.6 cardinal past September to $11 cardinal this February.

“Voice is the highest-stakes transmission for immoderate lawsuit interaction, and the barroom for quality, latency, and information is highly high. ElevenLabs is not conscionable a class person – it is becoming a foundational enabler of Deutsche Telekom’s broader Industrial AI vision. From voice-as-a-service to multilingual automation and in-network AI agents, we judge the institution is uniquely positioned to reshape however businesses interact with customers crossed each channels,” Karine Peters, Managing Director astatine Deutsche Telekom’s task limb T. Capital said successful a statement.

In the past quarter, the dependable AI institution has signed endeavor contracts with the likes of Deutsche Telekom, Revolut, and Klarna.

ElevenLabs said that, too the fundraising, it besides closed a $100 cardinal tender, a 2nd successful astir six months aft the institution issued 1 past September. Staniszewski said successful a blog post that the institution volition springiness an accidental to retail investors to put successful ElevenLabs done Robinhood Ventures, but didn’t supply details astir the program.

Staniszewski noted that consumers won’t spot systems that dependable robotic oregon “interact strangely” and emphasized the value of gathering “human-level AI dependable models.” Last month, the institution acquired the squad from Polish dependable AI startup Papla to bolster its probe team.