Az ultrarealisztikus hanggenerálásról ismert ElevenLabs lehetővé tette munkatársai számára, hogy eladják részvényeik egy részét. A tranzakció során a cég piaci értékét 22 milliárd dollárra értékelték, ami duplája a 2026 februárjában elért 11 milliárd dolláros szintnek.
A 300 millió dolláros részvényvásárlási programot a Wellington és a T. Rowe Price befektetési alapok vezették. Az AI-startupok körében egyre gyakoribb az ilyen típusú dolgozói likviditási program, amellyel igyekeznek megakadályozni, hogy a kulcsemberek átmenjenek a versenytársakhoz.
A 2022-ben alapított, mesterséges intelligenciával működő beszéd- és hangeffekt-generátort fejlesztő cég ezzel Európa legértékesebb startupjai közé emelkedett. A vállalat korábban, 2025 szeptemberében már tartott egy hasonló, 100 millió dolláros részvényértékesítést.
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Voice AI startup ElevenLabs announced today that it’s allowing employees to cash out a portion of their vested equity at a $22 billion valuation, doubling the $11 billion valuation the company hit when it raised $500 million in February.
The recent $300 million tender offer gave employees an opportunity to sell their shares to investors. The transaction was co-led by Wellington and T. Rowe Price, large institutional investors that back private companies with the intention of retaining the stock after the company goes public.
The offering is part of a growing trend among fast-growing AI startups that use employee liquidity as a retention tool to prevent staff from leaving for competitors.
This is the second time that four-year-old ElevenLabs has authorized a secondary transaction for employees. The company previously held a $100 million tender at a $6.6 billion valuation in September 2025.
Founded in 2022, the company is known for generating ultra-realistic human voices and sound effects. With its new valuation, New York- and London-based ElevenLabs joins the ranks of Europe’s most valuable startups.
TechCrunch sat down with co-founder and CEO Mati Staniszewski last week.
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