ElevenLabs in the Media

55% Of Consumers Use Voice AI But Most Companies Still Sound Like Robots

New data shows the real barrier to enterprise voice AI isn’t cost or tech readiness. It’s the fear of getting it wrong

Techxplore

Michael Caine's voice is iconic: Why would he sell that to AI?

Few actors are imitated as often as Michael Caine. Even Michael Caine has imitated Michael Caine. His voice has been used in birthday card greetings and been the source of jokes in various comedy sketches. It is synonymous with a certain type of Britishness.

Plaid valued at $8B in employee share sale

The new valuation is a 31% increase from $6.1 billion Plaid reached in April.

TechRadarTech Media

I called Soulja Boy’s new AI voice clone and had an uncanny chat

Soulja Boy teamed up with Bland AI to launch a phone-based voice clone fans can call, showcasing a playful but revealing example of how AI is reshaping celebrity interaction

Al Jazeera Science & Tech

The Drum

Nick Larkins: The night OpenClaw booked my dinner reservation (and why retail media should...

Feb 26, 2026

ElevenLabs CEO says voice AI will change everything. Can it be controlled?

ElevenLabs can generate lifelike voices from a short sample, including a clone of Al Jazeera anchor Neave Barker. CEO and cofounder Mati Staniszewski tells Talk to Al Jazeera how voice AI could transform dubbing, education and accessibility, helping people who have lost speech. But the t

Feb 26, 2026

The AI Megacycle: Five Forces Reshaping The Venture Market In 2026

AI’s 2026 megacycle is concentrating capital, compressing startup growth, reshaping IPO and forcing new monetization models that reward durable, AI native advantages.

SiftedTech Media

Revolut eyes $100bn valuation with fresh share sale

Revolut is weighing a potential share sale for the second half of this year, which reports suggest could up its valuation to around $100bn. Last year, the fintech became Europe’s most valuable scaleup following a series of secondary transactions that priced the company at $75bn , up from $45bn in 2

Techstartups

SolveAI emerges from stealth with $50M to help enterprises build IT-compliant software without coding

SolveAI, a London-based AI startup founded by former Palantir engineer Steve Basher, is stepping out of stealth with $50 million in fresh funding and an ambitious pitch: give everyday enterprise employees the ability to build production-ready software simply by talking […] The post <

Digital Native

10 Charts That Capture How the World Is Changing

From Peptides to Prediction Markets, AI Usage to VC Secondaries

Crunchbase NewsTech Media

Fintech Giant Stripe’s Valuation Soars to $159B In Latest Secondary Stock Sale

Payments infrastructure giant Stripe announced Tuesday that it has inked deals with investors to provide liquidity to current and former employees through a tender offer at a $159 billion valuation.

Feb 24, 2026

The Drum

OpenClaw, operational AI and the SaaS stress test

Feb 24, 2026

Particle’s AI news app listens to podcasts for interesting clips so you you don’t have to

AI news app Particle can now pull in key moments from podcasts, letting readers instantly play short, relevant clips alongside related stories.

Feb 23, 2026

Net Influencer

Creator Economy Jobs February 2026: TikTok, Substack, And AI Startups Compete For Creator Talent

TikTok, Substack, and AI startups Hedra and ElevenLabs are competing for creator talent in February 2026, joined by ShopMy following its $77 million Series B and the Museum of Science, Boston, which is launching a Director-level global creator network. Pixability is recruiting across three roles in

Feb 23, 2026

Decrypt

AMC Theatres Blocks AI Short Film From Screening in Pre-Show Advertising

The cinema chain has stepped back from screening an award-winning AI short while Hollywood battles over the technology’s creative role.

Feb 20, 2026

SiftedTech Media

Why aren't more European VCs making moves in America?

In January, European VC Creandum made a new hire — San Francisco-based investor Ghazwa Khalatbari — bringing its team out there to five people. Fellow European VC Northzone is also on the hunt for an addition to its six-person team in New York, while Index Ventures has dozens of people in the US, wi

Feb 20, 2026

Co-founders behind Reface and Prisma join hands to improve on-device model inference with Mirai

Mirai raised a $10 million seed to improve how AI models run on devices like smartphones and laptops.

Feb 19, 2026

Vercel Blog

The Vercel AI Accelerator is back with $6m in credits

Company NewsFeb 5The Vercel AI Accelerator is back with $6m in creditsAlli Pope

Feb 18, 2026

Here are the 17 US-based AI companies that have raised $100m or more in 2026

Three U.S.-based AI companies raised rounds larger than $1 billion so far in 2026 with 14 others raising rounds of $100 million or more.

Social Media Examiner

AI Video Made Easy: How to Create High Quality Content That Grows Your Business

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PYMNTS

Why Voice Is the New Middleware of Commerce

Voice technology has spent a decade as a high-tech novelty, a hands-free way to set timers or check the weather that consistently hit a ceiling at the point of transaction. But in 2026, the narrative is shifting from “hands-free” to “agent led.” Voice is no longer just a feature; it is becoming t

EconomicTimes - IndiaTimes

New-age cos deliver; AI Summit sparks capital push

Happy Tuesday! New-age tech firms reported strong December quarter results. This and more in today’s ETtech Morning Dispatch.

EconomicTimes - IndiaTimes

India is becoming ElevenLabs’ key growth engine as enterprises scale voice AI: CEO Mati Staniszewski

India is already the second-largest market for ElevenLabs and is fast turning into one of its biggest growth engines, as enterprises scale voice artificial intelligence across customer service, sales and operations, the company’s cofounder and chief executive Mati Staniszewski said.

SaaStrTech Media

The Future of B2B Marketing is AI Agent Recommendations. And AI Agents Play Favorites.

It’s bigger than GEO. Bigger than SEO. This is about being the #1 answer when 700 million people ask AI what to buy. Replit says use @HubSpot. (Right or wrong) These are the battles you just have to win in 2026+ AI Agents Have Favorites. You Need To Be One Of Them. pic.twitter.com/YwmLhKkluJ &

Feb 16, 2026

Business Standard

'India key to global AI growth', say tech leaders ahead of mega summit

With just a day to go for the mega AI-India Impact summit 2026, there is a huge buzz in the tech corridors as the who's-who of the tech world gear up for this big event.The summit puts India front and centre as a key player in Artificial Intelligence. It showcases India's role in global AI governanc

Feb 15, 2026

MIT Technology ReviewMajor Publication

Why Modern Accelerators Are The Key To Startup AI Readiness

When your data is organized for AI, you aren't just building a database; you are building a landing pad for the digital labor that will eventually run your company.

Feb 12, 2026

The Download: AI-enhanced cybercrime, and secure AI assistants

This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. AI is already making online crimes easier. It could get much worse. Just as software engineers are using artificial intelligence to help write code an

Feb 12, 2026

Business Standard

Saaras V3 beats Gemini, GPT-4o on Indian speech benchmarks, says Sarvam AI

Sarvam said that its new speech recognition model recorded lower word error rates on IndicVoices and Svarah benchmarks, extending its earlier benchmark results in document and language tasks

Feb 12, 2026

SiliconAngle

Mozart AI raises $6M to bring generative AI music creation to the masses

Mozart AI, also known as Artos Inc., today announced that it has raised $6 million in a seed round led by Balderton Capital to further its development of advancing its generative artificial intelligence music creation engine. Eventbrite Inc. founder Kevin Hartz, Oscar-winning director Charles Fer

Fortune

Steelcase’s CTO says the AI boom will reshape office design

The dot-com wave led to the embrace of open-floor concepts. As AI usage explodes, Steelcase's Steve Miller believes the office will need to be redesigned yet again.

Music Ally

AI-music startup Mozart AI raises $6m after reaching 100k users

Mozart AI launched its ‘generative audio

Pushing Deeper Into AI Music Creation With Mozart AI

Mozart AI raises $6 million led by Balderton Capital as the music creation startup launches a mobile app and scales its AI powered audio workstation for artists and producers.