ElevenLabs Wins the Alaian Startup Award 2026 at 4YFN

ElevenLabs Wins the Alaian Startup Award 2026 at 4YFN, Setting a New Standard for Conversational AI Agent Tecnology.  

Alaian Startup Awards

ElevenLabs receives the Alaian Startup Award 2026 at 4YFN during Mobile World Congress, recognizing its breakthrough innovation in Conversational AI Agents and audio intelligence.

Alaian Startup Awards at 4YFN
As part of 4YFN — the leading startup event within Mobile World Congress — Alaian has awarded its prestigious Startup Award 2026 to ElevenLabs, recognizing its groundbreaking work in Conversational AI Agents and audio intelligence.
The selection reflects the company’s exceptional level of innovation, rapid global impact, and its ability to redefine how humans interact with technology through voice.

From Dubbing Frustration to Global AI Innovation
ElevenLabs was founded by childhood friends Mati Staniszewski and Piotr Dąbkowski, who grew up together in Poland. As teenagers, they were fascinated — and often amused — by the imperfect dubbing of American movies they watched.
Years later, after building careers in technology, they revisited that early experience with a bold ambition: to remove language barriers in content and make digital communication sound truly human.

• Mati Staniszewski, CEO, previously worked at Palantir Technologies.
  
• Piotr Dąbkowski, CTO, previously worked at Google.
  

Together, they built ElevenLabs as an AI research and product company focused on transforming how humans interact with technology.

Building the AI Voice Ecosystem
ElevenLabs began by developing one of the first highly realistic, human-like AI voice models. Since then, it has evolved into a comprehensive AI creation and interaction ecosystem built around three core platforms:
ElevenAgents
Enables enterprises to deploy intelligent voice and chat agents at scale, with robust integrations, monitoring, testing, and reliability required for real-world customer environments.
ElevenCreative
Empowers creators and marketers to generate and edit speech, music, images, and video in more than 70 languages, significantly reducing production time while expanding global reach.
ElevenAPI
Provides developers with access to advanced AI audio foundational models, allowing seamless integration of high-quality speech and sound capabilities into applications.

A Strong Commitment to Responsible AI
What sets ElevenLabs apart is not only the realism and scalability of its technology, but also its deep commitment to safety.
The company operates with a dedicated safety team that combines research, engineering, and policy expertise. It implements a multi-layered safeguard system designed to prevent, detect, and address misuse.
Through the ElevenLabs Impact Program, the company provides free licenses to individuals with accessibility needs and nonprofit organizations in healthcare, education, and cultural sectors — ensuring that innovation remains inclusive and socially meaningful.

Redefining Voice in the AI Era
By combining cutting-edge generative AI with rigorous safety standards and global scalability, ElevenLabs is redefining voice as a strategic interface in the AI era.
Its technology enables more natural, multilingual, and personalized digital experiences — helping businesses, developers, and creators connect with audiences in ways that were previously impossible.
Winning the Alaian Startup Award 2026 at 4YFN confirms ElevenLabs’ position as a key player in the evolution of AI technology and reinforces Alaian’s mission to support startups accelerating digital transformation across the telecommunications and connectivity ecosystem.