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ElevenLabs ARR: $600M From Voice Alone.

ElevenLabs turned synthetic speech into one of the fastest-scaling AI businesses outside the frontier labs: roughly $600 million of annualized revenue by mid-2026, three years after its public beta. Here is every reported revenue, funding and valuation figure, with sources.

~$600M

Reported ARR, mid-2026

~$50M

Implied monthly recurring revenue

~3 years

From public beta to $600M ARR

$11B

Valuation, Series D Feb 2026

The ElevenLabs Revenue Curve.

Reported and estimated annualized run rate in USD millions, 2023 to 2026. Growth is unusually steady for AI — roughly a doubling a year rather than a single vertical spike.

$0M$150M$300M$450M$600MJanuary 2023 — $1M ARREnd of 2023 — $25M ARREnd of 2024 — $100M ARRDecember 2025 — $330M ARRFebruary 4, 2026 — $420M ARRMay 2026 — $500M ARRJune 2026 — $600M ARRJan '2320232024Dec '25Feb '26May '26Jun '26
Sources: ElevenLabs, TechCrunch, Bloomberg, Sacra, TNW.

$0 → $100M ARR

~2 years

2023 → 2024

$100M → $330M ARR

~12 months

2024 → Dec 2025

$330M → $600M ARR

~6 months

Dec 2025 → Jun 2026

Growth rate

~380% y/y

Sacra, 2024

Every Reported ARR Milestone.

  1. January 2023

    $1M ARR

    Public beta launches; the first viral wave arrives with a voice-cloning misuse story attached. Postbeam

  2. End of 2023

    $25M ARR

    Creator and dubbing use cases carry early self-serve revenue. Sacra

  3. End of 2024

    $100M ARR

    Roughly 380% year-over-year growth as the API becomes the main distribution channel. Sacra

  4. December 2025

    $330M ARR

    CEO Mati Staniszewski confirms the company crossed $330M ARR during the year. Bloomberg via TechCrunch

  5. February 4, 2026

    $420M ARR

    $500M Series D led by Sequoia at an $11B valuation — more than triple the prior year's mark. Workd

  6. May 2026

    $500M ARR

    ARR passes $500M as enterprise voice-agent partnerships expand. Digital Market Reports

  7. June 2026

    $600M ARR

    Around $600M annualized revenue in under three years from the public beta. Sacra / TNW

ElevenLabs by the Numbers.

Latest reported ARR

~$600M

Sacra / TNW, 2026

Implied MRR

~$50M / month

Derived from ARR

Valuation

$11B

Series D, Feb 2026

Series D

$500M, led by Sequoia

Feb 2026

Growth rate

~380% y/y

Sacra, 2024

Founded

2022

Sacra

Headquarters

New York, United States

Sacra

CEO

Mati Staniszewski

Company

Core products

TTS, dubbing, voice agents

Company

How Character Subscriptions and Voice APIs Layer Up.

ElevenLabs sells voice in two directions at once. Creators buy self-serve subscriptions billed in characters of generated speech, from a free tier up to studio plans — a cheap, high-volume funnel fed by hackathons, creator payouts and viral demos. Enterprises buy the API, where dubbing, audiobooks and real-time voice agents are billed by usage and locked in with annual commitments.

The API is where the money compounds. Once a support agent or a media pipeline speaks with an ElevenLabs voice, swapping providers means re-recording a brand, so retention holds even as model prices fall. The cost side mirrors Cursor's: inference is a real COGS line, so margin depends on running its own models efficiently rather than reselling someone else's.

Revenue Mix

  • Creator subscriptionsCharacter-based plans from free to studio tiers.
  • API usagePer-character and per-minute billing for developers.
  • Voice agentsReal-time conversational voice sold into support and sales.
  • Enterprise contractsDubbing and audiobook pipelines on annual commitments.

FAQ

ElevenLabs Revenue, Answered.

What Is ElevenLabs' ARR in 2026?
Around $600 million of annualized revenue as of mid-2026, up from the $330 million the CEO confirmed for 2025. That implies roughly $50 million of monthly recurring revenue.
How Fast Did ElevenLabs Grow?
Roughly two years from its January 2023 public beta to $100 million ARR, then $330 million by the end of 2025 and about $600 million by mid-2026 — close to a doubling each year.
Does ElevenLabs Charge per Seat or per Usage?
Usage first. Self-serve subscriptions are metered by characters of generated audio, API revenue scales with dubbing, audiobooks and real-time voice agents, and enterprise contracts sit on top of the same meter rather than replacing it.
What Is ElevenLabs' Valuation?
An $11 billion valuation set by a $500 million Series D led by Sequoia Capital in February 2026, more than triple the valuation a year earlier.
Why Do ElevenLabs Revenue Figures Differ Between Sources?
The 2025 figure of $330 million was confirmed by the CEO, while the mid-2026 figure of around $600 million comes from research estimates and reporting rather than an audited disclosure. This page keeps the two apart, and derived numbers such as implied MRR are labelled as estimates.

Selling AI Voice or Media? Bill It With Clink.

Voice subscriptions and usage credits often land in the same account. Clink handles hybrid billing, checkout and merchant-of-record tax for audio APIs.

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