ElevenLabs Partners with Caine, McConaughey on AI Voices

ElevenLabs, a New York-based AI audio company, announced partnerships on Tuesday with Oscar-winning actors Sir Michael Caine and Matthew McConaughey to create authorized synthetic versions of their voices for commercial and creative applications. The deals were revealed at the company's inaugural summit in San Francisco, coinciding with the launch of the Iconic Voice Marketplace, a platform designed to license celebrity and historical voices with explicit consent from rights holders.

Caine, 92, has agreed to make his distinctive voice available through ElevenLabs' ElevenReader app, which converts text from books, articles, and PDFs into spoken audio. His voice will also feature in the new marketplace, where brands and creators can request access for projects such as advertisements and narrations. In a statement, Caine expressed enthusiasm for the initiative. "For years, I've lent my voice to stories that moved people, tales of courage, of wit, of the human spirit. Now, I'm helping others find theirs. With ElevenLabs, we can preserve and share voices not just mine, but anyone's," he said. He added that the technology uses innovation to celebrate humanity rather than replace it,...