ElevenLabs
AI audio platforms for voice agents
Commercial Counsel - Partnerships
Must work from the United States; the Eastern Time Zone is strongly preferred, ideally New York.
About the job
- A J.D. and active membership in at least one U.S. State Bar, with New York preferred.
- At least 7 years of relevant post-qualification legal experience, with in-house technology or SaaS experience strongly preferred.
- Experience supporting complex partner business models including reseller, referral, managed service provider, original equipment manufacturer, embedded, white-label, and marketplace structures.
- Experience negotiating with major systems integrators and consultancies, such as Accenture, Deloitte, PwC, and other Big Four firms, as well as leading independent software vendors and cloud platforms.
- A proven track record drafting and negotiating complex technology and partnership agreements covering independent software vendors, systems integrators, resellers, channels, marketplaces, original equipment manufacturer or embedded arrangements, and strategic alliances.
- Strong knowledge of enterprise software licensing, software as a service, data protection, and intellectual property.
- Experience designing and launching channel partner, reseller, or marketplace programs from the ground up.
- Ability to navigate fast-paced, high-growth environments, manage ambiguity, and make informed, timely decisions.
- Ability to work independently while collaborating effectively with cross-functional and global colleagues.
- Ability to provide practical, business-minded solutions that support compliance and commercial success.
- Strong communication, stakeholder management, and problem-solving skills.
- Comfort working in fast-paced environments with shifting priorities and tight deadlines.
- Own the end-to-end legal strategy and execution for the company’s partnership ecosystem, including independent software vendor and platform integration agreements, systems integrator and consulting partnerships, channel partner programs, reseller and distribution arrangements, marketplace agreements, embedded and original equipment manufacturer-style arrangements, and strategic alliance structures.
- Draft, review, and negotiate commercial agreements, primarily for partnership deals and enterprise customer contracts.
- Serve as the primary legal partner to the Partnerships team, providing strategic counsel that balances risk management with speed to market and growth objectives.
- Design, maintain, and continuously improve scalable partnership templates, playbooks, approval workflows, and contracting infrastructure that enable efficient deal evaluation and execution.
- Provide clear, pragmatic, commercially focused legal advice to cross-functional teams to enable responsible growth and innovation.
- Contribute to scaling the Legal Team’s commercial function and fostering a collaborative, solutions-oriented team culture.
- Build scalable legal infrastructure for global partner motions, including reseller frameworks, marketplace terms, partner program agreements, approval workflows, and operational playbooks.
- In-house legal experience in technology or software as a service.
- New York State Bar membership.
- Experience navigating emerging technologies and artificial intelligence products.
- Experience working in fast-paced, high-growth environments.
About the company
ElevenLabs builds AI-powered audio tools for speech, conversation, and creative audio used by enterprises and creators. It offers three platforms: ElevenAgents for enterprise voice and chat agents, ElevenCreative for multichannel audio localization, and ElevenAPI for low-latency voice infrastructure. The products rely on AI voice models to generate and process speech, with each platform serving its own use case—conversational agents, localization pipelines, and fast API-based voice processing. The company differentiates itself with an integrated suite that combines enterprise-grade agents, global audio localization, and developer-friendly, low-latency infrastructure, backed by strong funding and partnerships to scale research and go-to-market internationally.
Company Size
1,001-5,000
Company Stage
Series E
Total Funding
$1.3B
Headquarters
London, United Kingdom
Founded
2022
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Simplify's Take
What believers are saying
- Revenue crossed $600 million annualized in September 2026, up from $330 million in January.
- Enterprise calling exceeded 55% of business, anchoring recurring revenue through large corporate customers.
- Headcount above 800 and rumored $22 billion secondary show strong employee and investor demand.
What critics are saying
- Illinois BIPA class action from May 11, 2026 targets ElevenLabs' voiceprint training pipeline.
- Delaware voice-cloning settlement in November 2025 validates expensive consent and likeness liabilities.
- Suno, Decagon, and Big Tech can compress pricing, erode moat, and trigger commoditization.
What makes ElevenLabs unique
- ElevenLabs v4 on September 28, 2026 supports 90 languages and 10-second cloning.
- ElevenLabs v4 Turbo delivers roughly 100ms latency for real-time agents and gaming.
- UMG partnership on September 10, 2026 gives ElevenLabs licensed music access and label credibility.
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↑ 0%ElevenLabs launched two new speech models on Monday: ElevenLabs v4 and v4 Turbo. The models offer enhanced expression control, support for over 90 languages, and lower latency for voice agents. The v4 generation uses a new architecture enabling faster voice cloning with just 10 seconds of audio. The model maintains voice identity better over longer text and adjusts expressions based on context. Users can now stack multiple expression tags for more nuanced control. Language support expanded from 70 to 90 languages, with significant quality improvements in Japanese, Brazilian Portuguese, Mandarin, and Cantonese. The model can begin generating audio immediately as the underlying language model starts producing responses. Enterprise calling now comprises over 55% of ElevenLabs' business. The company's annualised revenue has grown from roughly $330 million at year-start to over $600 million, with headcount exceeding 800 employees.
ElevenLabs revolutionizes AI audio with expanding enterprise clientele. ElevenLabs is pioneering the development of voice layer AI that converts text into human-like speech. This technology is widely utilized in customer service by major companies like Klarna, Deutsche Telekom, Cisco, Adobe, and various governments. - Enterprise Use: Around 55% of ElevenLabs' $600 million annual revenue comes from enterprise clients. The remainder largely consists of small to medium businesses and creators using the platform for audiobooks and more. - Industry Competition: Competitors like Decagon are emerging, having used ElevenLabs' technology to train their products. Despite this, ElevenLabs remains optimistic, with a current valuation of $22 billion. - Technological Advancements: Co-founder Mati Staniszewski discussed the evolution towards passing the Turing test in conversational AI, highlighting the need for emotional understanding in AI models. - Market Adaptation: The company recognizes the blurred lines between model, platform, and application companies, indicating a shift in market dynamics. - Ethical Considerations: Staniszewski advocates for transparency when AI is involved in communications, predicting societal shifts in these expectations over the next five years. - Research and Development: The company actively works on fine-tuning models and annotating data to ensure their software meets client-specific needs, employing a large team to handle data annotation. - Future Outlook: An IPO is considered within the next five years, contingent on strategic and market conditions. Precautions are taken against cybersecurity risks, with all customers undergoing KYC processes.
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ElevenLabs announces native Text-to-Sound Effect API integration with Unreal Engine 5. Ethan Walker September 20, 2026 ~472 words ElevenLabs, the undisputed leader in AI voice synthesis, has significantly expanded its footprint in the video game development industry. Today, the company announced the launch of a native Text-to-Sound Effect (T2SE) API plugin for Unreal Engine 5, fundamentally altering how sound designers and indie developers populate audio environments in large-scale virtual worlds. Historically, Foley art and sound design have been massive bottlenecks in game development. If a developer wanted the sound of "a heavy steel broadsword scraping against wet cobblestone," they had to either painstakingly record it in a physical studio, purchase expensive pre-recorded asset packs and layer them, or spend hours tweaking synthesizers. With the new ElevenLabs UE5 integration, this process is reduced to a single text prompt within the engine's editor. Procedural audio generation at scale. The plugin integrates seamlessly into the Unreal Engine 5 Audio Engine (MetaSounds). A developer can simply highlight a collision event in their Blueprints graph - for example, a wooden barrel breaking - and type a natural language prompt directly into the node: "A hollow wooden barrel shattering into dozens of splinters on a dirt floor, highly detailed, close up." The ElevenLabs API hits their proprietary sound-effects model and returns a high-fidelity, uncompressed .wav file in under 800 milliseconds. More importantly, the API supports seed randomization. This means a developer can generate 50 unique variations of that exact same barrel breaking sound with a single click, instantly solving the "machine gun effect" where players hear the exact same audio file repeatedly during gameplay, breaking immersion. Dynamic in-game synthesis. While the plugin is heavily marketed toward pre-rendering assets during the development phase, the true breakthrough lies in its runtime capabilities. The ElevenLabs UE5 plugin allows for dynamic, on-the-fly audio generation during live gameplay, provided the player is connected to the internet. Imagine an RPG where a player crafts a completely unique weapon made of glass and titanium. Rather than relying on a generic "sword swing" sound, the game engine can send the weapon's specific material properties to the ElevenLabs API in real-time, generating a completely bespoke sound effect for that specific player's action. The impact on indie developers. "Sound design is often the first thing cut from an indie game's budget, and it is usually the most obvious indicator of a lack of polish," noted Mati Staniszewski, CEO of ElevenLabs, during the announcement. "By bringing our Text-to-Sound model natively into Unreal, a solo developer can now orchestrate Hollywood-grade Foley art for an entire 100-hour open-world game in a single afternoon." The plugin is currently available for early access to developers on the ElevenLabs Pro tier, with a full rollout to the Unreal Marketplace scheduled for next month. The pricing model operates on a standard character-usage tier, though ElevenLabs has introduced a new "audio-second" metric specifically for non-speech sound effect generation to keep costs predictable for large studios. Found this useful? Share it: Prefer NeedAITool on Google SearchAI Overviews See its verified benchmarks & AI tool comparisons more frequently on Google. Ethan Walker I'm a technology writer passionate about AI tools, automation, productivity software, and emerging SaaS platforms. I spend my time testing digital tools and breaking down complex technologies into practical insights that help businesses, creators, and professionals work smarter.