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ElevenLabs: Partnership
Indian VC firm Activate acquired strategic stake in ElevenLabs to expand enterprise partnerships in India and provide local startups access to voice tools
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The leadership read
Alliances like this can broaden artificial intelligence commercial leadership bench strength.
Market context: This lands while the Talent Market Index reads 111.1 (Hot) — up 5.2 versus the prior month — and Asia signal share is rising (+3.7pts).
ElevenLabs: 2 signals in the last 90 days — above the Artificial Intelligence median of 1 across 93 tracked companies; 0.2% of MitchelLake's Asia signal flow; 2 tracked across 25 days.
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