NY firm ElevenLabs partners with Karnataka govt. to boost Voice AI adoption
ElevenLabs has partnered with the Karnataka government to promote voice AI adoption in local languages for citizen services and skilling. The company is also focusing on voice restoration technology for individuals with medical conditions.
Why it matters
This partnership highlights the growing integration of generative AI into public sector services in India.
ElevenLabs, a New York-based firm specialising in generative voice AI, speech synthesis, voice cloning, and conversational AI agents, has entered into a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Karnataka Innovation and Technology Society (KITS), a nodal implementation agency for the Department of Electronics, Information Technology, Biotechnology, and Science and Technology, to advance its adoption of voice AI.
The MoU was signed between Mati Staniszewski, co-founder and CEO of ElevenLabs and Priyank Kharge, Minister for Information Technology and Biotechnology, here on Tuesday. The partnership is expected to boost the adoption of voice AI in Kannada across skilling, citizen services, and grievance redressal, alongside work on responsible AI and voice restoration.
“India has been at the frontier of voice experiences and part of our story at ElevenLabs from the start,” Mr. Staniszewski said while speaking at a summit.
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