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AI voice startup ElevenLabs<\/a> announced on Tuesday that it has officially launched in Canada.<\/p>\n The news: London, UK-founded ElevenLabs, which helps businesses deploy interactive voice and conversational AI agents, sees room to grow in Canada. The company revealed on Tuesday that it plans to open a Toronto office over the coming months and double its 13-person Canadian workforce by the end of 2026. It has promoted Max Lemmens\u2014who joined last year and has helped Revolut and Klarna deploy the firm\u2019s tech\u2014to general manager in Canada to lead those efforts.<\/p>\n From the source: In a blog post<\/a>, ElevenLabs revealed it already has employees across Vancouver, Toronto, and Montr\u00e9al, and boasts 30,000 users across the country. Tuesday\u2019s announcement simply formalizes that presence. The company\u2019s Canadian clients currently include Blackbox AI, Boosted.ai, The Globe and Mail, and Telus Digital. The startup also counts the Ontario Teachers\u2019 Pension Plan among its investors.<\/p>\n Following the thread: ElevenLabs has made a name for itself helping large customers like Deutsche Telekom, Meta, and the Ukrainian government adopt natural and human-sounding AI across their organizations.<\/p>\n The fast-growing AI firm closed a $500-million USD<\/a> ($709-million CAD) Series D round earlier this year at an $11-billion valuation. Eleven Labs recently surpassed $500 million in annual recurring revenue, up from $350 million at the end of 2025, and is reportedly<\/a> now in talks for an employee stock sale at double that value. It is looking to build on its rapid growth through international expansion and designated Canada an important market going forward.<\/p>\n Final thought: The Government of Canada\u2019s latest AI strategy<\/a> aims to boost AI adoption among domestic businesses from 12 percent to 60 percent by 2034. ElevenLabs is betting that it can help facilitate that. It believes there is plenty of untapped opportunity for Canada to benefit from voice and audio AI, especially given its status as an officially bilingual country.<\/p>\n Feature image courtesy Unsplash<\/a>. Photo by Pierre Jarry<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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