AI voice startup ElevenLabs doubles valuation to $22B

AI 语音初创公司 ElevenLabs 估值翻倍至 220 亿美元

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. 语音 AI 初创公司 ElevenLabs 今日宣布，允许员工以 220 亿美元的估值套现部分已归属股权。这一估值较该公司今年 2 月融资 5 亿美元时的 110 亿美元估值翻了一番。

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. 此次 3 亿美元的要约收购为员工提供了向投资者出售股份的机会。该交易由惠灵顿管理公司（Wellington）和普信集团（T. Rowe Price）共同领投，这两家大型机构投资者通常支持私营企业，并计划在公司上市后继续持有其股票。

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. 此次要约收购反映了快速增长的 AI 初创公司中的一种趋势：利用员工流动性作为留才工具，以防止员工流向竞争对手。这是成立四年的 ElevenLabs 第二次授权进行员工二级市场交易。该公司此前曾在 2025 年 9 月以 66 亿美元的估值进行了 1 亿美元的要约收购。

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. ElevenLabs 成立于 2022 年，以生成超逼真的人声和音效而闻名。凭借这一新估值，总部位于纽约和伦敦的 ElevenLabs 已跻身欧洲最具价值的初创公司行列。TechCrunch 上周采访了其联合创始人兼首席执行官 Mati Staniszewski。