Mati Staniszewski
Mati Staniszewski | |
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.jpg) Staniszewski in 2022 | |
| Born | Mateusz Staniszewski 1995 |
| Citizenship | Poland |
| Education | Imperial College London, (BSc, Mathematics) |
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| Known for | Co-founding ElevenLabs |
Mateusz "Mati" Staniszewski (born 1995[1]) is a Polish entrepreneur and a co-founder of ElevenLabs.[2]
Early life and education
[edit]Staniszewski was born in a town outside Warsaw. He moved to the city to go to high school. He finished Copernicus Bilingual High School in Warsaw. He graduated from Imperial College in London with a degree in mathematics.[1][3][4]
Career
[edit]While in Imperial college, he had his first start-up experience, putting together Mathscon. It was the student led Mathematics conference in the UK, focused on the fun side of math outside university.[4]
He worked at Opera Software, BlackRock, where he joined the Portfolio Analytics Group (PAG) and helped launch the Aladdin Wealth platform, and Palantir Technologies, as a Deployment Strategist, managing large-scale implementation across public and private sectors.[3][5] In 2025 he joined the board of Klarna, a Swedish fintech company.[6]
ElevenLabs
[edit]In May 2022 he and his high school friend Piotr Dabkowski co-founded ElevenLabs, a company that specializes in developing natural-sounding speech synthesis software using deep learning.[7]
Staniszewski is the CEO.[8]He raised hundreds of millions of dollars from venture firms including Sequoia, Andreessen Horowitz, Salesforce Ventures. In February 2026, ElevenLabs was valued at $11 billion.[9][10]
Because of its valuation trajectory and the scale of investment it has attached, ElevenLabs is often cited as one of "the Europe's most valuable fastest-growing AI startups", alongside Mistral AI and Lovable, and is considered a significant player in the continent's generative AI ecosystem.[11][12]
In 2024, together with his co-founder, he was included in Forbes 30 Under 30 Europe. In December 2025 he was on the cover of Forbes.[13]
References
[edit]- 1 2 Wendzonka, Katarzyna (2025-12-03). "Ma 30 lat i właśnie trafił na okładkę amerykańskiego "Forbesa". Kim jest Mati Staniszewski?". Fashion Biznes (in Polish). Retrieved 2025-12-18.
- ↑ Pillay, Tharin (2025-10-15). "ElevenLabs CEO Mati Staniszewski on Darth Vader, Competition and Preventing Misuse". TIME. Retrieved 2026-04-13.
- 1 2 Domaradzki, Krzysztof. "Sprawili, że Leonardo DiCaprio przemówił głosem Kim Kardashian — i zostali jednorożcem. Polscy magicy od dźwięku warci miliard dolarów". Forbes.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 2025-12-18.
- 1 2 Shah, Parin (2023-02-06). "Mati Staniszewski (#047)". Warm Intro. Retrieved 2026-01-16.
- ↑ "Now hear this: Voice cloning AI startup ElevenLabs nabs $19M from a16z and other heavy hitters". VentureBeat. 2023-06-20. Archived from the original on 2023-07-27. Retrieved 2025-12-18.
- ↑ "Mati Staniszewski appointed to Klarna Group PLC Board of Directors | Klarna International". www.klarna.com. Retrieved 2025-12-18.
- ↑ Wiggers, Kyle (2023-06-20). "Voice-generating platform ElevenLabs raises $19M, launches detection tool". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2025-12-18.
- ↑ Domaradzki, Krzysztof. "W kilkanaście miesięcy zbudowali firmę wartą kilkaset milionów. Piotr Dąbkowski i Mateusz Staniszewski – o dwóch takich, co nauczyli AI mówić". Forbes.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 2025-12-18.
- ↑ Nicol-Schwarz, Kai (2026-02-04). "Nvidia-backed AI voice startup ElevenLabs hits $11 billion valuation in fresh fundraise, as it eyes IPO". CNBC. Retrieved 2026-04-13.
- ↑ Majumdar, Debanjana (2026-03-12). "Nikhil Kamath and ElevenLabs' Mati Staniszewski bet on voice AI to reshape how people interact with technology". Fortune India. Retrieved 2026-04-13.
- ↑ "Time 100 AI: Mati Staniszewski". Time Magazine.
- ↑ Bellan, Rebecca (2026-02-05). "ElevenLabs CEO: Voice is the next interface for AI". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2026-04-13.
- ↑ Martin, Iain (2025-12-01). "How A Tiny Polish Startup Became The Multi-Billion-Dollar Voice Of AI". Forbes. Retrieved 2025-12-18.