ElevenLabs for Startups
12 months 33M characters
About this perk
ElevenLabs provides AI audio tools for developers and creators, including text to speech, voice agents, speech to text, and dubbing. It helps teams ship natural voice experiences, generate voice content at scale, and add real-time audio to products without building speech models in-house. Through XRaise, eligible startups can apply for the Startup Grants program that provides free access for a fixed period.
What You Get
12 months free access via the Startup Grants program
33,000,000 characters included, valid for 12 months
Scale-level benefits, including higher concurrency limits and improved support
Access to core platform capabilities used to build voice agents and AI audio experiences
Eligibility
Why it matters for startups
Reduces cost barriers for testing and launching voice features in a real product
Supports real-time use cases with low-latency model options (documentation cites ~75ms for Flash v2.5)
Enables multilingual experiences and faster iteration without hiring voice talent or audio production teams
Use cases / best for
Teams building customer support or sales voice agents across web, mobile, or phone
Products that need text to speech for narration, voice UI, or accessibility
Startups localizing content with dubbing and multi-language audio workflows
Developer teams integrating audio via APIs and SDKs
FAQs
Applicants must have a monetized product use case, use a valid business email, be a startup or small company with fewer than 25 employees, and enterprise customers are not eligible. 2. Is there a deadline to apply? No, applications are considered on a rolling basis. 3. What happens after the 12 months? After the grant period, the account converts to a Free plan unless the company chooses otherwise.
