Mati Staniszewski
Background
Mati Staniszewski was born in Poland and earned a Bachelor of Science in mathematics from the London School of Economics (LSE). Prior to co-founding ElevenLabs, he worked as a deployment strategist and enterprise software executive at Palantir Technologies, leading large-scale data and software implementations across Global 2000 clients.
Role at ElevenLabs
Mati Staniszewski is the co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of ElevenLabs. An astute commercial strategist with a deep background in enterprise scaling, Staniszewski recognized that voice would become the primary interface for next-generation human-machine interaction.
Under Staniszewski's executive leadership, ElevenLabs scaled from a two-person startup into a $1.1 billion unicorn in less than 24 months, securing partnerships with HarperCollins, Time Magazine, and global gaming companies while establishing the Voice Library creator economy.