Voice AI adoption: ElevenLabs signs Karnataka MoU
ElevenLabs announced a memorandum of understanding with the Karnataka Innovation and Technology Society (KITS) at its first India Summit in Bengaluru.
The partnership is the company’s first with an Indian State government and will explore voice AI adoption in Kannada for skilling, citizen services and grievance redressal. The MoU also covers responsible AI and voice restoration.
What ElevenLabs does
ElevenLabs is moving beyond voice generation towards conversational AI that can listen, understand and complete real-world workflows. Its platform supports 14 Indian languages following the launch of Eleven v4, with plans to expand to all 22 official languages.
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The company has committed to restoring 1 million voices for people who have permanently lost their voice. Elderra uses conversational agents to enable seniors to access groceries, medicines and other services through a WhatsApp voice note in their own language.
Ally uses native-language AI simulations to train India’s emerging mental-health workforce.
More than 25,000 developers and businesses are actively building with the company’s API each month, while the platform’s Voice Library includes more than 2,700 voices from more than 700 Indian creators.
Company view
“India has been at the frontier of voice experiences and part of our story at ElevenLabs from the start,” said Mati Staniszewski, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of ElevenLabs. “It’s energising to be here today, deepening our connections with Indian businesses and seeing what they are building.”
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