ElevenLabs just hosted its New York Summit today. During the event, ElevenLabs announced a major expansion of its years-long partnership with Nvidia. The AI audio startup will now use Nvidia’s latest open model, Nemotron 3.5 Super VL, to power its suite of voice agents known as ElevenAgents. This powerful tech provider model specifically helps AI agents understand human reasoning and complex workflows.
ElevenLabs & Nvidia Partnership Powering Global Infrastructure
Additionally, ElevenLabs unveiled several new features for these agents today. These include memory capabilities, established routines, and tools to help users architect entirely new agents. To support massive business demands, the company is deploying Nvidia’s Vera Rubin computing architecture.
For example, these AI agents currently power Centralna e-Rejestracja, the appointment-making platform for Poland’s national online health system. Going forward, both companies want to provide these voice agents to more governments worldwide. Furthermore, the partners are trying to bring these AI agents directly to robots.
According to a recent Variety report, ElevenLabs CEO Mati Staniszewski released a statement regarding the collaboration. He explained that this expansion was necessary because voice agents are rapidly becoming “critical infrastructure”. Staniszewski added:
By combining our audio models and agents, with Nvidia’s LLMs, accelerated computing and security stack, we’re giving enterprises and governments the platform they need to deploy voice agents at massive scale.
He also praised Nvidia as a superb partner and expressed excitement about building together.
Similarly, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang commented on the evolving technology. Huang stated:
For decades we adapted to computers — keyboards, screens, menus. Now computers are learning to speak our language.
He emphasized that combining Nemotron reasoning with accelerated computing allows governments and enterprises to run secure voice agents on a national scale, making talking the fastest way to get things done.
Financial Growth & the FBI Investigation
These two tech companies have collaborated closely since 2022. Initially, ElevenLabs used Nvidia GPUs for its first text-to-speech model, while Nvidia utilized ElevenLabs to create voiceovers for videos at company events. Subsequently, Nvidia became an official investor last year. They announced the move via a splashy, produced video posted on Staniszewski’s LinkedIn page. Financially, ElevenLabs is thriving. The startup completed a $300 million employee tender offer this past September. Consequently, this bumped its valuation to a staggering $22 billion, completely doubling the $11 billion valuation it achieved after a February funding round.
However, this massive expansion arrives during a chaotic time for Nvidia. CEO Jensen Huang is currently embroiled in a serious national-security scandal. Specifically, Huang had an affair with a Chinese tech executive whom China allegedly recruited to spy on him and learn more about the company’s AI technology.
Consequently, Huang completely pulled out of the ElevenLabs summit this week. Both the FBI and Nvidia’s board of directors are currently investigating the relationship. Despite the ongoing inquiries, Huang will continue leading the chipmaker.
